One must always try to be as radical as reality itself.
VLADIMIR LENINYou cannot make a revolution in white gloves.
More Vladimir Lenin Quotes
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Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.
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No Marxist can deny that the interests of socialism are higher than the interests of the right of nations to self-determination.
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It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
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Atheism is a natural and inseparable part of Marxism, of the theory and practice of scientific socialism. Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism.
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There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.
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Of all the arts, for us the cinema is the most important.
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The bourgeoisie is many times stronger than we. To give it the weapon of freedom of the press is to ease the enemy’s cause, to help the class enemy. We do not desire to end in suicide, so we will not do this.
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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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We need the real, nation-wide terror which reinvigorates the country and through which the Great French Revolution achieved glory.
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He who does not work shall not eat.
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Democracy is indispensable to socialism.
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The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.
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How can you make a revolution without executions?
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We Social-Democrats always stand for democracy, not “in the name of capitalism,” but in the name of clearing the path for our movement, which clearing is impossible without the development of capitalism.
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We do not have time to play at “oppositions” at “conferences.” We will keep our political opponents,whether open or disguised as “nonparty,” in prison.
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