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.
VLADIMIR LENINThe best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.
More Vladimir Lenin Quotes
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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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Learning is never done without errors and defeat.
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The goal of socialism is communism.
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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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You cannot make a revolution in white gloves.
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Communists have become bureaucrats. If anything will destroy us, it is this.
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It is, of course, much easier to shout, abuse, and howl than to attempt to relate, to explain.
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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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The true leader must submerge himself in the fountain of the people.
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Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
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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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Give me your four year olds, and in a generation I will build a socialist state.
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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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Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich — that is the democracy of capitalist society.
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