Lenin Quotes

Lenin Quotes

25 quotes attributed to Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary leader and politician:

1. "Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: freedom for slave owners."

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

3. "There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen."

4. "The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation."

5. "A lie told often enough becomes the truth."

6. "One man with a gun can control 100 without one."

7. "The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency."

8. "Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted."

9. "The goal of socialism is communism."

10. "Without revolutionary theory, there can be no revolutionary movement."

11. "The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses."

12. "Democracy is indispensable to socialism."

13. "Sometimes history needs a push."

14. "Every cook must learn how to govern the state."

15. "When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state."

16. "Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle."

17. "There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience."

18. "The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them."

19. "It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws."

20. "Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed."

21. "Freedom is the recognition of necessity."

22. "Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism."

23. "To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics."

24. "You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves."

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

These quotes reflect Lenin's thoughts on revolution, socialism, politics, and society.

Lenin Quotes