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.
VLADIMIR LENINPacifism, the preaching of peace in the abstract, is one of the means of duping the working class.
More Vladimir Lenin Quotes
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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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Learning is never done without errors and defeat.
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Give me your four year olds, and in a generation I will build a socialist state.
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No Marxist can deny that the interests of socialism are higher than the interests of the right of nations to self-determination.
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Atheism is the natural and inseparable part of Communism.
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There can be nothing more abominable than religion.
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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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Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness.
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We are not shooting enough professors.
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We must pursue the removal of church property by any means necessary in order to secure for ourselves a fund of several hundred million gold rubles.
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The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
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Of all the arts, for us the cinema is the most important.
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No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.
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Trust is good, but control is better.
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One cannot live in society and be free from society.
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