The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.

Three keys to success: read, read, read.

Give me just one generation of youth, and I'll transform the whole world.

The goal of socialism is communism.

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

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

People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics.

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

We can and must write in a language which sows among the masses hate, revulsion, and scorn toward those who disagree with us.

The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.

He who has truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.

We all create our own reality

Whatever begins to exist has a cause.

I do not speak for the White House correspondents association. I'm not a member.

The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine days within me; my prosperity or misfortune has little to do with the matter.

The one thing that Via Dolorosa has is no opinions. To me, curiosity is 50 times as valuable as opinion.

There are two types of Chinese growing up in America. One is the kind that does really well in school, with thick, thick glasses. And the other is involved with the gangs.

I don't necessarily read everything. I read what I need to read to inspire the book I'm trying to finish.

Too much of our political debate...has become a race to the bottom. An exchange of insults and slanders more appropriate to reality television than a legislature.

I love Elmore Leonard. To me, True Romance is basically like an Elmore Leonard movie.