Vladimir Lenin — "We must carry out a ruthless class struggle against the exploiters."

"If Socialism can only be realized when the intellectual development of all the people permits it, then we shall not see Socialism for at least five hundred years."

"Why should freedom of speech and freedom of press be allowed? Why should a government which is doing what it believes to be right allow itself to be criticized? It would not allow opposition by lethal…"

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

"The victory of socialism is possible first in a few or even in one single capitalist country taken separately."

"Dictatorship is rule based directly upon force and unrestricted by any laws. The revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is rule won and maintained by the use of violence by the proletariat agai…"