War cannot be abolished unless classes are abolished. Vladimir Lenin More Quotes by Vladimir Lenin More Quotes From Vladimir Lenin Act with the greatest determination and on the offensive. The defensive is the death of every armed rising. Vladimir Lenin offensiverisingdetermination Unity must be won, and only the workers, the class-conscious workers themselves can win it - by stubborn and persistent effort. Vladimir Lenin effortwinningclass Comrades! The kulak uprising in your five districts must be crushed without pity. You must make example of these people. (1) Hang (I mean hang publicly, so that people see it) at least 100 kulaks, rich bastards, and known bloodsuckers. (2) Publish their names. (3) Seize all their grain. (4) Single out the hostages per my instructions in yesterday's telegram. Do all this so that for miles around people see it all, understand it, tremble, and tell themselves that we are killing the bloodthirsty kulaks and that we will continue to do so ...Find tougher people. Vladimir Lenin yesterdaywarmean But every little difference may become a big one if it is insisted on. Vladimir Lenin differencesmaylittles Political institutions are a superstructure resting on an economic foundation. Vladimir Lenin foundationpoliticspolitical It would be the greatest mistake, certainly, to think that concessions mean peace. Nothing of the kind. Concessions are nothing but a new form of war. Vladimir Lenin mistakewarmean It is more pleasant and useful to go through the 'experience of the revolution' than to write about it. Vladimir Lenin pleasantrevolutionwriting Our idea is that a state is strong when the people are politically conscious. It is strong when the people know everything, can form an opinion of everything, and do everything consciously. Vladimir Lenin freedomstrongideas The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death. Vladimir Lenin costgovernmentblow We do not have time to play at "oppositions" at "conferences." We will keep our political opponents... whether open or disguised as "nonparty," in prison. Vladimir Lenin opponentspoliticalplay Revolution can never be forecast; it cannot be foretold; it comes of itself. Revolution is brewing and is bound to flare up. Vladimir Lenin brewingflare-uprevolution Lenin, the greatest man of action in our century and at the same time the most selfless. Vladimir Lenin selflesstimemen Our aim is to achieve a socialist system of society, which, by eliminating the division of mankind into classes, by eliminating all exploitation of man by man and nation by nation, will inevitably eliminate the very possibility of war. Vladimir Lenin classmenwar The functionaries of our political organizations and trade unions are corrupted - or rather tend to be corrupted - by the conditions of capitalism and betray a tendency to become bureaucrats, i.e., privileged persons divorced from the people and standing above the people. Vladimir Lenin politicalorganizationpeople Socialists cannot achieve their great aim without fighting against all oppression of nations. Vladimir Lenin oppressionachievefighting I must say that the tasks of the youth in general, and of the Young Communist Leagues and all other organisations in particular, might be summed up in a single word: learn. Vladimir Lenin tasksleaguemight Bah, tombstones are only good for pigeons to sit on Vladimir Lenin pigeonsrevolutionarytombstone Crime is a product of social excess. Vladimir Lenin excesscrimesocial One would like to stroke and caress human beings, but one dares not do so, because they bite. Vladimir Lenin strokescaressdare The Marxist doctrine is omnipotent because it is true. It is comprehensive and harmonious, and provides men with an integral world outlook irreconcilable with any form of superstition, reaction, or defence of bourgeois oppression. It is the legitimate successor to the best that man produced in the nineteenth century, as represented by German philosophy, English political economy and French socialism. Vladimir Lenin politicalmenphilosophy
