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.
VLADIMIR LENINWe do not have time to play at “oppositions” at “conferences.” We will keep our political opponents,whether open or disguised as “nonparty,” in prison.
More Vladimir Lenin Quotes
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Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich — that is the democracy of capitalist society.
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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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The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
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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 must always try to be as radical as reality itself.
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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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Everyone is free to write and say whatever he likes, without any restrictions.
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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 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 art of any propagandist and agitator consists in his ability to find the best means of influencing any given audience, by presenting a definite truth, in such a way as to make it most convincing, most easy to digest, most graphic, and most strongly impressive.
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Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
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One cannot live in society and be free from society.
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I don’t care what becomes of Russia. To hell with it. All this is only the road to a World Revolution.
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Three keys to success: read, read, read.
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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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