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
While the State exists there can be no freedom when there is freedom there will be no State. – 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
To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities that is not to be taken seriously in politics. – Vladimir Lenin