While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State. – Vladimir Lenin
The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness. – Vladimir Lenin
To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics. – Vladimir Lenin
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. – Vladimir Lenin
Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted. – Vladimir Lenin
When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state. – Vladimir Lenin
The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses. – Vladimir Lenin
If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism. – Vladimir Lenin
It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed. – Vladimir Lenin
When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward – or go back. He who now talks about the ‘freedom of the press’ goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism. – Vladimir Lenin
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel. – Vladimir Lenin
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
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation. – Vladimir Lenin
Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing. – Vladimir Lenin
Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps. – Vladimir Lenin
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. – Vladimir Lenin
