Autocracy cannot do without its twin agents: a hangman and a priest, the first to suppress popular resistance by force, the second to sweeten and embellish the lot of the oppressed with empty promises of a heavenly kingdom.
VLADIMIR LENINIt would be the greatest mistake, certainly, to think that concessions mean peace. Nothing of the kind. Concessions are nothing but a new form of war.
More Vladimir Lenin Quotes
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Any cook should be able to run the country.
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The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.
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We are not shooting enough professors.
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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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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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Atheism is the natural and inseparable part of Communism.
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The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.
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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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Only an armed people can be the real bulwark of popular liberty.
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The only one who doesn’t make mistakes is the one who doesn’t do anything.
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Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich — that is the democracy of capitalist society.
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One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
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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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He who does not work shall not eat.
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