Vladimir Lenin Quotes

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

Between, Crush, Inflation

The goal of socialism is communism.
Vladimir Lenin

Goal, Socialism, Communism

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
Vladimir Lenin

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.
Vladimir Lenin

Truth, Lie, Enough

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

Children, Give, Four

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

Government, Once, Few

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

Best, System, Destroy

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

Press, Masses, Collective

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

Time, Freedom, Forward

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

Freedom, Society, Same

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

Give, Child, Forever

Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism.
Vladimir Lenin

Propaganda, Program, Atheism

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

Politics, May, Morals

Fascism is capitalism in decay.
Vladimir Lenin

Capitalism, Fascism, Decay

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

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

Revolution, Impossible, Situation

Any cook should be able to run the country.
Vladimir Lenin

Country, Able, Run

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
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Cannot, Free, Nation

Crime is a product of social excess.
Vladimir Lenin

Social, Crime, Excess

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

Politics, Serious, Begin

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

Politics, Spiritual, Seriously

Democracy is indispensable to socialism.
Vladimir Lenin

Democracy, Socialism

No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.
Vladimir Lenin

Freedom, Political, Hungry

Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.
Vladimir Lenin

Theory, Movement

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

Give, Possible, Stage

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Leader

Born: April 22, 1870

Died: January 21, 1924

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