In striving for socialism, however, we are convinced that it will develop into communism and, therefore, that the need for violence against people in general, for the subordination of one man to another, and of one section of the population to another, will vanish altogether since people will become accustomed to observing the elementary conditions of social life without violence and without subordination.
Where and when have riots and anarchy been provoked by wise measures? If the government had acted wisely, and if their measures had met the needs of the poor peasants, would there have been unrest among the peasant masses?
The Bolsheviks will do everything to secure this peaceful development of the revolution.
Man's consciousness not only reflects the objective world, but creates it.
Shame on accursed tsarism which tortured and persecuted the Jews. Shame on those who foment hatred towards the Jews, who foment hatred towards other nations.
Complete equality of rights for all nations; the right of nations to self-determination; the unity of the workers of all nations, such is the national programme that Marxism, the experience of the whole world, and the experience of Russia, teach the workers.
Discrimination among citizens on account of their religious convictions is wholly intolerable. Even the bare mention of a citizen's religion in official documents should unquestionably be eliminated.
Pacifism, the preaching of peace in the abstract, is one of the means of duping the working class.
You are known among us as a protector of the arts so you must remember that, of all the arts, for us the cinema is the most important.
We stand for an alliance with all countries without exception.