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Vladimir Lenin Quotes

Former Premier of the Soviet Union
Born On
1870-04-22
Died On
1924-01-21
Birth Place
Ulyanovsk, Russia
Death Place
Gorki Leninskiye
Birth Sign
taurus
Father
Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov
Mother
Maria Alexandrovna Blank
Spouse
Nadezhda Krupskaya
Nationality
Russian
Education
Saint Petersburg State University, (1890 – 1891), Kazan Federal University, (1887 – 1888)

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

Vladimir Lenin

The goal of socialism is communism.

Vladimir Lenin

It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

Vladimir Lenin

The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.

Vladimir Lenin

Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.

Vladimir Lenin

Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.

Vladimir Lenin

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

Vladimir Lenin

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

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.

Vladimir Lenin

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

Vladimir Lenin

When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state.

Vladimir Lenin

Democracy is indispensable to socialism.

Vladimir Lenin

Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.

Vladimir Lenin

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

Vladimir Lenin

The most important thing when ill is to never lose heart.

Vladimir Lenin

When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the 'freedom of the press' goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.

Vladimir Lenin

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

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

Vladimir Lenin

Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.

Vladimir Lenin

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.

Vladimir Lenin

Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism.

Vladimir Lenin

Any cook should be able to run the country.

Vladimir Lenin

While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.

Vladimir Lenin

Sometimes - history needs a push.

Vladimir Lenin

Every cook has to learn how to govern the state.

Vladimir Lenin

It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.

Vladimir Lenin

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes.

Vladimir Lenin

Crime is a product of social excess.

Vladimir Lenin

A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution.

Vladimir Lenin

The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death.

Vladimir Lenin

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

Vladimir Lenin

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics.

Vladimir Lenin

Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing.

Vladimir Lenin

Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement.

Vladimir Lenin

If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism.

Vladimir Lenin

If Socialism can only be realized when the intellectual development of all the people permits it, then we shall not see Socialism for at least five hundred years.

Vladimir Lenin

The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.

Vladimir Lenin

No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.

Vladimir Lenin

Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.

Vladimir Lenin