Vladimir Lenin

The art of politics is to find out what is to your advantage and then to do it.

The working class is the only class that is consistently revolutionary.

The more powerful the state, the more powerful the revolution.

The goal of socialism is not to make everyone equal, but to make everyone free.

The development of capitalism proceeds unevenly in different countries.

The revolutionary movement must be based on a clear understanding of the class struggle.

The dictatorship of the proletariat is a persistent struggle—bloody and bloodless, violent and peaceful, military and economic, educational and administrative—against the forces and traditions of the old society.

One step forward, two steps back.

The chains of capitalism are broken at their weakest link.

We shall now proceed to construct the socialist order.

The more conscious the working class becomes, the more revolutionary it will be.

The state is an instrument for the exploitation of the oppressed class.

The working class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made state machinery, and wield it for its own purposes.

The development of capitalism has led to the formation of a world market.

The revolutionary party must be a disciplined and centralized organization.

The transition from capitalism to communism will certainly create a great variety of political forms, but their essence will inevitably be the same: the dictatorship of the proletariat.

Trust is good, control is better.

The bourgeoisie will not give up its power without a struggle.

The proletariat has nothing to lose but its chains. It has a world to win.

The masses must be led, but they must also be educated.