Marxism is not only the theory of socialism, it is an integral world outlook, a philosophical system, from which Marx's proletarion socialism logically follows. This philosophical system is called dialectical materialism.

The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.

A certain inequality in regard to property still exists in a socialist society. But in a socialist society there is no unemployment, no exploitation, no oppression of nationalities.

Death is the solution to all problems. No man ? no problem.

A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.

If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a 'peace conference', you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.

This is the way to rule the people. Did you see how that chicken followed me for food, even though I had caused it such torture? People are like that chicken. If you inflict inordinate pain on them they will follow you for food the rest of their lives.

Wheres the damn food at.

We don’t let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?

If there are no isolated phenomena in the world, if all phenomena are interconnected and interdependent, then it is clear that every social system and every social movement in history must be evaluated not from the standpoint of “eternal justice” or some other preconceived idea, as is not infrequently done by historians, but from the standpoint of the conditions which gave rise to that system or that social movement and with which they are connected.