Only an armed people can be the real bulwark of popular liberty.
VLADIMIR LENINOnly an armed people can be the real bulwark of popular liberty.
VLADIMIR LENINDemocracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich — that is the democracy of capitalist society.
VLADIMIR LENINOf all the arts, for us the cinema is the most important.
VLADIMIR LENINGive me your four year olds, and in a generation I will build a socialist state.
VLADIMIR LENINTruth is the most precious thing. That’s why we should ration it.
VLADIMIR LENINOnly by abolishing private property in land and building cheap and hygienic dwellings can the housing problem be solved.
VLADIMIR LENINPacifism, the preaching of peace in the abstract, is one of the means of duping the working class.
VLADIMIR LENINThe press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.
VLADIMIR LENINPeople always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics.
VLADIMIR LENINWhen it comes to hang the capitalists they will compete with each other to sell us the rope at a lower price.
VLADIMIR LENINAs an ultimate objective, “peace” simply means communist world control.
VLADIMIR LENINEveryone is free to write and say whatever he likes, without any restrictions.
VLADIMIR LENINYou cannot make a revolution in white gloves.
VLADIMIR LENINBut 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.
VLADIMIR LENINWhen 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.
VLADIMIR LENINTrust is good, but control is better.
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