Vladimir Lenin

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.

People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics.

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.

Face the truth squarely. In politics that is always the best and the only correct attitude.

Attention, must be devoted principally to raising the workers to the level of revolutionaries; it is not our task to descend to the level of the 'working masses'.

But suppose, for the sake of argument, free competition, without any sort of monopoly, would develop capitalism trade more rapidly. Is it not a fact that the more rapidly trade and capitalism develop, the greater is the concentration of production and capital which gives rise to monopoly?

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.

It is more pleasant and useful to go through the 'experience of the revolution' than to write about it.