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One must always try to be as radical as reality itself.

Vladimir Lenin

Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich — that is the democracy of capitalist society.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Democracy Injustice Oppression Rich
Don’t be afraid to admit defeat. Learn from defeat. Do over again more thoroughly, more carefully, and more systematically what you have done badly.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Defeat Democracy Freedom Yourself
We would be deceiving both ourselves and the people if we concealed from the masses the necessity of a desperate, bloody war of extermination, as the immediate task of the coming revolutionary action.
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Necessary Ourselves People Revolution War
Any cook should be able to run the country.
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Country Food Run
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 soundest strategy in war is to postpone operations until the moral disintegration of the enemy renders the delivery of the mortal blow both possible and easy.
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Easy Enemy Possible Sound Strategy
Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness.
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Freedom Honesty Hypocrisy Result Weakness
How can you make a revolution without executions?
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Death Revolution Yourself
The goal of socialism is communism.
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Goal One Liner
Soviet power is a new type of state in which there is no bureacracy, no police, no standing army.
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Army Police Power
We must pursue the removal of church property by any means necessary in order to secure for ourselves a fund of several hundred million gold rubles.
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Gold Necessary Ourselves Pursue Security
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
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
You must have your heart on fire and your brain on ice.
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Fire Heart Yourself
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
Only an armed people can be the real bulwark of popular liberty.
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Liberty People Reality Weapon

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