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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.

Vladimir Lenin

A democracy is a state which recognizes the subjection of the minority to the majority, that is, an organization for the systematic use of violence by one class against the other, by one part of the population against another.
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Democracy Oneself Organization Recognition Violence
Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness.
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Freedom Honesty Hypocrisy Result Weakness
You must act with all energy. Mass searches. Execution for concealing arms.
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Act Search Weapon Yourself
Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.
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Doctor Medicine
Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
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Children Myself Teaching
One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
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Leadership Men Oneself Weapon
Those who are opposed to armed uprising. Must be ruthlessly kicked out as enemies, traitors and cowards.
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Army Coward Enemy Rise
Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.
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Democracy Movement Revolution Theory
Give me a child for the first 5 years of his life and he will be mine forever.
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Children Forever Himself Life Myself
Communists have become bureaucrats. If anything will destroy us, it is this.
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Communist Destroy
When a liberal is abused, he says, ‘Thank God they didn’t beat me.’ When he is beaten, he thanks God they didn’t kill him. When he is killed, he will thank God that his immortal soul has been delivered from its mortal clay.
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Gratitude God Himself History Kill Mortal Soul Thankful
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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Democracy Development Impossible Name Ourselves Path
It is, of course, much easier to shout, abuse, and howl than to attempt to relate, to explain.
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Abuse Easy Explanation
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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Desire Enemy Freedom Need Suicide Time Weapon
No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.
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Freedom Politics Satisfaction
People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics.
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Freedom People Politics Stupidity Victim

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