Give us the child for eight years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.
VLADIMIR LENINOnly an armed people can be the real bulwark of popular liberty.
More Vladimir Lenin Quotes
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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.
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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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People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics.
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Any cook should be able to run the country.
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One of the basic conditions for the victory of socialism is the arming of the workers Communist and the disarming of the bourgeoisie the middle class.
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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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We do not have time to play at “oppositions” at “conferences.” We will keep our political opponents,whether open or disguised as “nonparty,” in prison.
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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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Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
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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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Atheism is the natural and inseparable part of Communism.
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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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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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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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Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism.
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