Comrade Stalin, having become Secretary-General, has unlimited authority concentrated in his hands, and I am not sure whether he will always be capable of using that authority with sufficient caution.
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.
More Vladimir Lenin Quotes
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Free speech is a bourgeois prejudice.
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Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism.
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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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No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.
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We can and must write in a language which sows among the masses hate, revulsion, and scorn toward those who disagree with us.
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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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Capitalists will sell us the rope we will hang them with.
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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.
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Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.
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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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As an ultimate objective, “peace” simply means communist world control.
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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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We are not shooting enough professors.
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Atheism is a natural and inseparable part of Marxism, of the theory and practice of scientific socialism. Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism.
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There can be nothing more abominable than religion.
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