To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities that is not to be taken seriously in politics. – Vladimir Lenin
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws. – Vladimir Lenin
The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death. – Vladimir Lenin
Dad was a chemistry professor at Saint Olaf College in Minnesota, then Oxford College in Minnesota, and a very active member of the American Chemical Society education committee, where he sat on the committee with Linus Pauling, who had authored a very phenomenally important textbook of chemistry. – Peter Agre