Trust is good, but control is better. Vladimir Lenin More Quotes by Vladimir Lenin More Quotes From Vladimir Lenin The Bolsheviks could not have retained power for two and a half months, let alone two and a half years, without the most rigorous and truly iron discipline in our Party. Vladimir Lenin partytwoyears Democracy is a form of the state, it represents, on the one hand, the organized, systematic use of force against persons; but, on the other hand, it signifies the formal recognition of equality of citizens, the equal right of all to determine the structure of, and to administer, the state. Vladimir Lenin democracycitizenshands We need the real, nation-wide terror which reinvigorates the country and through which the Great French Revolution achieved glory. Vladimir Lenin realcountryneeds Imperialism, in a sense, is the transition stage from capitalism to Socialism. . . . It is capitalism dying, not dead. Vladimir Lenin socialismtransitiondying Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing. Vladimir Lenin eugenicssocialismcommunism To picture world history as advancing smoothly and steadily without sometimes taking gigantic strides backward is undialectical, unscientific and theoretically wrong. Vladimir Lenin stridesometimesworld Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers’ cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism. Vladimir Lenin opponentsunitycauses The whole struggle of our Party (and of the working class movement in Europe generally) must be directed against opportunism. The latter is not a current of opinion, not a tendency; it (opportunism) has now become the organised tool of the bourgeoisie within the working class movement. Vladimir Lenin partystruggleeurope Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes. Vladimir Lenin struggleevilclass International unity of the workers is more important than the national. Vladimir Lenin unityworkersimportant Everyone is free to write and say whatever he likes, without any restrictions. Vladimir Lenin restrictionlikeswriting We set ourselves the ultimate aim of abolishing the state, i.e., all organized and systematic violence, all use of violence against people in general. Vladimir Lenin systematicviolencepeople No Bolshevik, no Communist, no intelligent socialist has ever entertained the idea of violence against the middle peasants. All socialists have always spoken of agreement with them and of Vladimir Lenin intelligentagreementideas To accept anything on trust, to preclude critical application and development, is a grievous sin. Vladimir Lenin acceptingsindevelopment You cannot do anything without rousing the masses to action. Vladimir Lenin massaction One must always try to be as radical as reality itself. Vladimir Lenin radicaltryingreality Perfect definition of atheist dogma. Your mind has been subjected to subtle mental conditioning year after year. Now the atheist lie has become the truth to you. A lie that can be blown away with the real truth. It just takes time to unwind the atheist mental conditioning. The truth is out there. Outside of atheist dogma lies the truth! Vladimir Lenin atheistreallying Only by abolishing private property in land and building cheap and hygienic dwellings can the housing problem be solved. Vladimir Lenin landproblemdwelling Hundreds of thousands and millions of wage slaves of capital and peasants downtrodden by the serf-owners are going to the slaughter for the dynastic interests of a handful of crowned brigands, for the profits of the bourgeoisie in its drive to plunder foreign lands. Vladimir Lenin bourgeoisieslaveland Imperialism: The final stage of Capitalism. Vladimir Lenin imperialismfinalsstage
