Quotes By Vladimir Lenin

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

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

Any cook should be able to run the country.

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

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

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

The goal of socialism is communism.

Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism.

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

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

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

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

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

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

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

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

Every cook has to learn how to govern the state.

No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.

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

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.

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.

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

Crime is a product of social excess.

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

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

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.

Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.

Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement.

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