One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
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Quotes by Vladimir Lenin
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A lie told often enough becomes the truth.
No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.
If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism.
Sometimes - history needs a push.
A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution.
Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.
The goal of socialism is communism.
It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.
When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the 'freedom of the press' goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.
Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes.
Fascism is capitalism in decay.
When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state.
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
Democracy is indispensable to socialism.
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.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics.
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.
Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism.
Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement.
Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
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