Vladimir Lenin — "We shall shatter all the old laws and institutions, all the old traditions and c…"

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

"The proletariat needs state power, a centralised organisation of force, an organisation of violence, both to crush the resistance of the exploiters and to lead the enormous mass of the population—the …"

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

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

"The more conscious the masses become, the more they will realise the inevitability of social revolution."