Quotes By Vladimir Lenin

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

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

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

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

Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement.

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

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.

Sometimes - history needs a push.

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

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.

Democracy is indispensable to socialism.

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

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

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.

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

Any cook should be able to run the country.

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

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

The goal of socialism is communism.

Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of 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.

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.

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.

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

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