Quotes by Vladimir Lenin

About Vladimir Lenin:

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as head of government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917, and of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death. Under his administration, the Russian Empire was dissolved and replaced by the Soviet Union, a one-party socialist state; all land, natural resources, and industry were confiscated and nationalized. Ideologically a Marxist, his political theories are known as Leninism.
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Democracy is indispensable to socialism.

Vladimir Lenin

The goal of socialism is communism.

Vladimir Lenin

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

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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.

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Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing.

Vladimir Lenin

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

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

A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution.

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Crime is a product of social excess.

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.

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Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism.

Vladimir Lenin

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

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

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Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.

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Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement.

Vladimir Lenin

Any cook should be able to run the country.

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Every cook has to learn how to govern the state.

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

Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.

Vladimir Lenin

Author Bio

  • NameVladimir Lenin
  • DescriptionRussian politician, led the October Revolution
  • AliasesLenin; Vladimir Ilyich Lenin; Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
  • BornApril 10, 1870
  • DiedJanuary 21, 1924
  • CountryRussian Empire; Soviet Union; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
  • ProfessionPolitician; Writer; Economist; Lawyer; Revolutionary; Journalist; Philosopher; Political Theorist