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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.

Vladimir Lenin

But democracy is by no means a limit one may not overstep; it is only one of the stages in the course of development from feudalism to capitalism, and from capitalism to Communism.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Democracy Development Limitation Oneself
The art of any propagandist and agitator consists in his ability to find the best means of influencing any given audience, by presenting a definite truth, in such a way as to make it most convincing, most easy to digest, most graphic, and most strongly impressive.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Ability Art Audience Strong Truth
Give me just one generation of youth, and I’ll transform the whole world.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Generation Myself Transformation World Youth
We can and must write in a language which sows among the masses hate, revulsion, and scorn toward those who disagree with us.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Agreement Hate Language Writing
There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Deep Time
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.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Play Politics Prison Time
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 LENIN

Atheist Force Heaven Promise Religion Resistance
Everyone is free to write and say whatever he likes, without any restrictions.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Freedom Himself Restriction Writing
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.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Decision Oppression Politics
Give me your four year olds, and in a generation I will build a socialist state.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Build Children Education Myself
How can you make a revolution without executions?
VLADIMIR LENIN

Death Revolution Yourself
Those who are opposed to armed uprising. Must be ruthlessly kicked out as enemies, traitors and cowards.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Army Coward Enemy Rise
One must always try to be as radical as reality itself.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Oneself Reality
You must act with all energy. Mass searches. Execution for concealing arms.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Act Search Weapon Yourself
No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Freedom Politics Satisfaction
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.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Kind Man Nation Present Togetherness

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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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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