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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

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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Kind Man Nation Present Togetherness
Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.
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Democracy Movement Revolution Theory
You cannot make a revolution in white gloves.
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Revolution White Yourself
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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Care Myself Revolution Road World
Only by abolishing private property in land and building cheap and hygienic dwellings can the housing problem be solved.
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Build Establishment Home Problem
He who does not work shall not eat.
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Eat Himself Work
We would be deceiving both ourselves and the people if we concealed from the masses the necessity of a desperate, bloody war of extermination, as the immediate task of the coming revolutionary action.
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Necessary Ourselves People Revolution War
One must always try to be as radical as reality itself.
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Oneself Reality
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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Democracy Development Impossible Name Ourselves Path
It is necessary – secretly and urgently to prepare the terror.
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Fear Necessary Preparation Secret
One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
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Leadership Men Oneself Weapon
Give me a child for the first 5 years of his life and he will be mine forever.
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Children Forever Himself Life Myself
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.
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Atheist Force Heaven Promise Religion Resistance
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.
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Desire Enemy Freedom Need Suicide Time Weapon
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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Gratitude God Himself History Kill Mortal Soul Thankful
The only one who doesn’t make mistakes is the one who doesn’t do anything.
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Inspirational Mistake Oneself Writing
Any cook should be able to run the country.
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Country Food Run
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.
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Authority Hands Himself Limitation Myself
Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich — that is the democracy of capitalist society.
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Democracy Injustice Oppression Rich
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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Agreement Hate Language Writing
Trust is good, but control is better.
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Better Control Goodness One Liner Trust
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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Play Politics Prison Time
The goal of socialism is communism.
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Goal One Liner
How can you make a revolution without executions?
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Death Revolution Yourself
It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
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Care Liberty Sarcastic True
But every little difference may become a big one if it is insisted on.
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Differences Littles May
Truth is the most precious thing. That’s why we should ration it.
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Philosophy Truth Worth

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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