1. “Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and forever.”
2. “Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one’s enemies.”
3. “The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.”
4. “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.”
5. “Old age is the most unexpected of all things that can happen to a man.”
6. “Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures.”
7. “Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.”
8. “Terror is a powerful means of policy and one would have to be a hypocrite not to understand this.”
9. “Abusive language and swearing are a legacy, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people.”
10. “Technique is noticed most markedly in the case of those who have not mastered it.”
11. “Revolutions are always verbose.”
12. “You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.”
13. “In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.”
14. “Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction.”
15. “There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances.”
16. “Not believing in force is same as not believing in gravity.”
17. “Events can neither be regarded as a series of adventures nor strung on the thread of a preconceived moral. The must obey their own laws.”
18. “Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws.”
19. “Communism needs democracy like the human body needs oxygen.”
20. “If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great any more mistakes.”
21. “A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified.”
22. “Under all conditions, well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points.”
23. “Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government.”
24. “When one runs with the wolves, one must howl with the pack.”
25. “The history of revolution is for us first of all a history of forcible entrance of masses into the realm of rulership over their own destiny.”
26. “Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely.”
27. “Without a correct strategy the victory is impossible. But even the most correct strategy cannot give the victory under unfavourable objective conditions.”
28. “He who slanders the victim aids the executioner.”
29. “The creative union of the conscious with the unconscious is what one usually calls ‘inspiration’.”
30. “The motive force of history is truth and not lies.”
