Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich — that is the democracy of capitalist society.
VLADIMIR LENINAmerica has become one of the foremost countries in regard to the depth of the abyss which lies between the handful of arrogant multimillionaires who wallow in filth and luxury, and the millions of working people who constantly live on the verge of pauperism.
More Vladimir Lenin Quotes
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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.
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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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One must always try to be as radical as reality itself.
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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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Capitalists will sell us the rope we will hang them with.
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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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The goal of socialism is communism.
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Give me just one generation of youth, and I’ll transform the whole world.
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Any cook should be able to run the country.
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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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One fool can ask more questions in a minute than 12 wise men can answer in an hour.
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Atheism is the natural and inseparable part of Communism.
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You must have your heart on fire and your brain on ice.
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Don’t be afraid to admit defeat. Learn from defeat. Do over again more thoroughly, more carefully, and more systematically what you have done badly.
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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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Soviet power is a new type of state in which there is no bureacracy, no police, no standing army.
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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 soundest strategy in war is to postpone operations until the moral disintegration of the enemy renders the delivery of the mortal blow both possible and easy.
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The establishment of a central bank is 90% of communizing a nation.
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Only an armed people can be the real bulwark of popular liberty.
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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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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 best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.
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You must act with all energy. Mass searches. Execution for concealing arms.
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It is necessary – secretly and urgently to prepare the terror.
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Truth is the most precious thing. That’s why we should ration it.
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