Vladimir Lenin

The advanced countries are the ones that exploit the rest of the world.

We stand for the complete destruction of the state.

The entire question of the struggle against opportunism must be raised from the standpoint of the struggle against the bourgeoisie.

The goal of revolution is not to replace one government with another, but to replace the state itself.

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

The most important thing is to win over the vanguard of the proletariat.

Imperialism is the eve of the social revolution of the proletariat.

The masses must be taught to understand the necessity of revolution.

The goal of our party is the conquest of political power by the proletariat.

We are fighting for the complete victory of the proletariat and the peasantry.

The question of power is the fundamental question of every revolution.

The working class alone, of all classes, is consistently revolutionary.

The experience of all revolutions confirms that only the proletariat, as the most advanced and consistently revolutionary class, can be the leader of the entire toiling and exploited people.

The masses are always ready to believe a lie if it is presented with sufficient conviction.

The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.

Socialism is an accounting office. That is all socialism is.

We must wage a ruthless struggle against all manifestations of nationalistic chauvinism.

The only real guarantee against counter-revolution is the arming of the entire proletariat.

Revolution is a festival of the oppressed and the exploited.

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