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.
VLADIMIR LENINOnly an armed people can be the real bulwark of popular liberty.
More Vladimir Lenin Quotes
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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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The aim of socialism is not only to abolish the present division of mankind into smaller states and all-national isolation, not only to bring the nations closer to each other, but also to merge them.
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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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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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When it comes to hang the capitalists they will compete with each other to sell us the rope at a lower price.
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Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.
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There can be nothing more abominable than religion.
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Only by abolishing private property in land and building cheap and hygienic dwellings can the housing problem be solved.
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Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.
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One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
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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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Pacifism, the preaching of peace in the abstract, is one of the means of duping the working class.
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One must always try to be as radical as reality itself.
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You must act with all energy. Mass searches. Execution for concealing arms.
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The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.
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