Vladimir Lenin Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Vladimir Lenin:
A lie told often enough becomes the truth.
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Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.
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Democracy is indispensable to socialism.
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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.
~Vladimir Lenin
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Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism.
~Vladimir Lenin
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No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.
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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.
~Vladimir Lenin
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It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.
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The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
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Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.
~Vladimir Lenin
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To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics.
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Crime is a product of social excess.
~Vladimir Lenin
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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.
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One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
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Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
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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.
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It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
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Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.
~Vladimir Lenin
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While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.
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Sometimes - history needs a push.
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The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.
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Fascism is capitalism in decay.
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There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.
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Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
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The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.
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Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement.
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Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing.
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A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution.
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The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.
~Vladimir Lenin
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When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state.
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Any cook should be able to run the country.
~Vladimir Lenin
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Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.
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Every cook has to learn how to govern the state.
~Vladimir Lenin
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Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
~Vladimir Lenin
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Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.
~Vladimir Lenin
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The most important thing when ill is to never lose heart.
~Vladimir Lenin
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The goal of socialism is communism.
~Vladimir Lenin
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The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death.
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If Socialism can only be realized when the intellectual development of all the people permits it, then we shall not see Socialism for at least five hundred years.
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