There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.
VLADIMIR LENINIt would be the greatest mistake, certainly, to think that concessions mean peace. Nothing of the kind. Concessions are nothing but a new form of war.
More Vladimir Lenin Quotes
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Pacifism, the preaching of peace in the abstract, is one of the means of duping the working class.
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Soviet power is a new type of state in which there is no bureacracy, no police, no standing army.
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Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.
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Capitalists will sell us the rope we will hang them with.
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Trust is good, but control is better.
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Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.
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You must act with all energy. Mass searches. Execution for concealing arms.
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No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.
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We are not shooting enough professors.
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But democracy is by no means a limit one may not overstep; it is only one of the stages in the course of development from feudalism to capitalism, and from capitalism to Communism.
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The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.
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Don’t be afraid to admit defeat. Learn from defeat. Do over again more thoroughly, more carefully, and more systematically what you have done badly.
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You can become a Communist only when you enrich your mind with a knowledge of all the treasures created by mankind.
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Three keys to success: read, read, read.
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One fool can ask more questions in a minute than 12 wise men can answer in an hour.
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