Trust is good, but control is better.
VLADIMIR LENINIt is, of course, much easier to shout, abuse, and howl than to attempt to relate, to explain.
More Vladimir Lenin Quotes
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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.
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One of the chief symptoms of every revolution is the sharp and sudden increase in the number of ordinary people who take an active, independent and forceful interest in politics.
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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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Of all the arts, for us the cinema is the most important.
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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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One fool can ask more questions in a minute than 12 wise men can answer in an hour.
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It is necessary – secretly and urgently to prepare the terror.
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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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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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The true leader must submerge himself in the fountain of the people.
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Atheism is the natural and inseparable part of Communism.
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America 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.
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But I can’t listen to music too often. It affects your nerves, makes you want to say stupid, nice things, and stroke the heads of people who could create such beauty while living in this vile hell.
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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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You must act with all energy. Mass searches. Execution for concealing arms.
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