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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.

Vladimir Lenin

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Deep 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
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
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.
VLADIMIR LENIN

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.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Gratitude God Himself History Kill Mortal Soul Thankful
The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Best Destroy Money
How can you make a revolution without executions?
VLADIMIR LENIN

Death Revolution Yourself
But every little difference may become a big one if it is insisted on.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Differences Littles May
Give me your four year olds, and in a generation I will build a socialist state.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Build Children Education Myself
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
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

Democracy Development Impossible Name Ourselves Path
It is, of course, much easier to shout, abuse, and howl than to attempt to relate, to explain.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Abuse Easy Explanation
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Justice Moral Politics
One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Leadership Men Oneself Weapon
I am a bad, wicked man, but I am practicing moral self-purification; I don’t eat meat any more, I now eat rice cutlets.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Change Food Men Myself Practice
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
VLADIMIR LENIN

Destruction Law Politics Way

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