It would be the greatest mistake, certainly, to think that concessions mean peace. Nothing of the kind. Concessions are nothing but a new form of war.
VLADIMIR LENINSoviet power is a new type of state in which there is no bureacracy, no police, no standing army.
More Vladimir Lenin Quotes
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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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You cannot make a revolution in white gloves.
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The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.
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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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One must always try to be as radical as reality itself.
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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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One cannot live in society and be free from society.
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Learning is never done without errors and defeat.
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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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The goal of socialism is communism.
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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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Only struggle educates the exploited class. Only struggle discloses to it the magnitude of its own power, widens its horizon, enhances its abilities, clarifies its mind, forges its will.
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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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He who does not work shall not eat.
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Trust is good, but control is better.
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