“When it comes to hang the capitalists they will compete with each other to sell us the rope at a lower price.”

Autocracy cannot do without its twin agents: a hangman and a priest, the first to suppress popular resistance by force, the second to sweeten and embellish the lot of the oppressed with empty promises of a heavenly kingdom.

The bourgeoisie is many times stronger than we. To give it the weapon of freedom of the press is to ease the enemy’s cause, to help the class enemy. We do not desire to end in suicide, so we will not do this.

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.

Only an armed people can be the real bulwark of popular liberty.

Atheism is the natural and inseparable part of Communism.

Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism.

One must always try to be as radical as reality itself.

How can you make a revolution without executions?

A democracy is a state which recognizes the subjection of the minority to the majority, that is, an organization for the systematic use of violence by one class against the other, by one part of the population against another.

Only by abolishing private property in land and building cheap and hygienic dwellings can the housing problem be solved.

We must pursue the removal of church property by any means necessary in order to secure for ourselves a fund of several hundred million gold rubles.

We do not have time to play at “oppositions” at “conferences.” We will keep our political opponents,whether open or disguised as “nonparty,” in prison.

Trust is good, but control is better.

We would be deceiving both ourselves and the people if we concealed from the masses the necessity of a desperate, bloody war of extermination, as the immediate task of the coming revolutionary action.

You must have your heart on fire and your brain on ice.

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.

If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.

You must perfect every fundamental of your business if you expect it to perform well.

McDonald’s is a people business, and that smile on that counter girl’s face when she takes your order is a vital part of our image.

What India needs is ease of doing business and inherent faith in the ability of Indians to catch an opportunity.

I don’t think Indian e-commerce companies have an evolved business model.

Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Our aim was to insure repeat business based on the system’s reputation rather than on the quality of a single store or operator.

I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.