Autocracy cannot do without its twin agents: a hangman and a priest, the first to suppress popular resistance by force, the second to sweeten and embellish the lot of the oppressed with empty promises of a heavenly kingdom.
VLADIMIR LENINTruth is the most precious thing. That’s why we should ration it.
More Vladimir Lenin Quotes
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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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Free speech is a bourgeois prejudice.
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As an ultimate objective, “peace” simply means communist world control.
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The establishment of a central bank is 90% of communizing a nation.
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Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism.
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You cannot make a revolution in white gloves.
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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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One fool can ask more questions in a minute than 12 wise men can answer in an hour.
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Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.
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It is, of course, much easier to shout, abuse, and howl than to attempt to relate, to explain.
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America has become one of the foremost countries in regard to the depth of the abyss which lies between the handful of arrogant multimillionaires who wallow in filth and luxury, and the millions of working people who constantly live on the verge of pauperism.
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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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There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.
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But every little difference may become a big one if it is insisted on.
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Those who are opposed to armed uprising. Must be ruthlessly kicked out as enemies, traitors and cowards.
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