No Marxist can deny that the interests of socialism are higher than the interests of the right of nations to self-determination.
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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No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.
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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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It is, of course, much easier to shout, abuse, and howl than to attempt to relate, to explain.
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The goal of socialism is communism.
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Democracy is indispensable to socialism.
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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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But I can’t listen to music too often. It affects your nerves, makes you want to say stupid, nice things, and stroke the heads of people who could create such beauty while living in this vile hell.
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The true leader must submerge himself in the fountain of the people.
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Of all the arts, for us the cinema is the most important.
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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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The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
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Give me just one generation of youth, and I’ll transform the whole world.
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Trust is good, but control is better.
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It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
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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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