Vladimir Lenin

The more backward the country, the more difficult it is to pass from capitalist to socialist relations.

The main thing is to avoid being caught in the middle.

The revolutionary movement is a struggle for power.

The state is an organ of class rule, an organ for the oppression of one class by another.

The working class is the only class that can lead the revolution.

The development of capitalism leads to the concentration of capital.

The party is the vanguard of the proletariat.

The more violent the revolution, the more quickly it will succeed.

The goal of socialism is to abolish classes.

The revolutionary struggle is a school of war.

A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous.

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.

Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?

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

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

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

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

While the State exists, there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State.

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

Democracy is indispensable to socialism.