The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
VLADIMIR LENINFreedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
More Vladimir Lenin Quotes
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Democracy is indispensable to 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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Learning is never done without errors and defeat.
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One of the basic conditions for the victory of socialism is the arming of the workers Communist and the disarming of the bourgeoisie the middle class.
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A democracy is a state which recognizes the subjection of the minority to the majority, that is, an organization for the systematic use of violence by one class against the other, by one part of the population against another.
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But every little difference may become a big one if it is insisted on.
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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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There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.
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There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.
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Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.
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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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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.
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You must act with all energy. Mass searches. Execution for concealing arms.
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There can be nothing more abominable than religion.
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Everyone is free to write and say whatever he likes, without any restrictions.
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