Vladimir Lenin
Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.Collection: Power
A lie told often enough becomes the truth.Collection: Truth
To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics.Collection: Politics
Sometimes - history needs a push.Collection: History
No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.Collection: Freedom
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.Collection: History
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.Collection: Freedom
When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state.Collection: Freedom
The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.Collection: Best
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.Collection: Freedom
While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.Collection: Freedom
The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death.Collection: Death
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.Collection: Politics
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.Collection: Politics
The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.Collection: History
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.Collection: Government
Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
The goal of socialism is communism.
One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.
It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
Democracy is indispensable to socialism.
Fascism is capitalism in decay.
The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
Any cook should be able to run the country.
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.
Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.
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.
A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution.
Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement.
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.
Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.
Every cook has to learn how to govern the state.
Crime is a product of social excess.
Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism.
Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing.
The most important thing when ill is to never lose heart.
Truth is the most precious thing. That's why we should ration it.Collection: Truth Is
Give me your four year olds, and in a generation I will build a socialist state.Collection: Education
Why should freedom of speech and freedom of press be allowed? Why should a government which is doing what it believes to be right allow itself to be criticized? It would not allow opposition by lethal weapons. Ideas are much more fatal things than guns. Why should any man be allowed to buy a printing press and disseminate pernicious opinions calculated to embarrass the government?Collection: Believe
We can and must write in a language which sows among the masses hate, revulsion, and scorn toward those who disagree with us.Collection: Hate
Give me just one generation of youth, and I'll transform the whole world.Collection: Giving
People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics.Collection: Freedom
The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.Collection: Way
The establishment of a central bank is 90% of communizing a nation.Collection: Establishment
It is, of course, much easier to shout, abuse, and howl than to attempt to relate, to explain.Collection: Abuse
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.Collection: Practice
Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.Collection: Medicine