Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, alias Lenin, was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as head of government of the Russian Republic from 1917 to 1918, of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1918 to 1924, and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Under his administration, Russia and then the wider Soviet Union became a one-party communist state governed by the Russian Communist Party. Ideologically a Marxist, his political theories are known as Leninism...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionLeader
Date of Birth22 April 1870
CountryRussian Federation
When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state.
While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.
False rhetoric and false boastfulness spell moral ruin and lead unfailingly to political extinction.
Politics is the most concentrated expression of economics.
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.
Freedom of speech and the press must be complete. But then freedom of association must be complete too.
Don't be afraid to admit defeat. Learn from defeat. Do over again more thoroughly, more carefully, and more systematically what you have done badly.
When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward--or go back
All extremes are bad. All that is good and useful, if carried to extremes, may become-and beyond a certain limit is bound to become-bad and injurious.
No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.
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.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness.