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
Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.
Russians are too kind, they lack the ability to apply determined methods of revolutionary terror.
Behind the October Revolution there are more influential personalities than the thinkers and executors of Marxism.
Revolution can never be forecast; it cannot be foretold; it comes of itself. Revolution is brewing and is bound to flare up.
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.
No revolution is worth anything unless it can defend itself.
It is in prison ... that one becomes a real revolutionary.
Bah, tombstones are only good for pigeons to sit on
When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward--or go back
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution.
How can you make a revolution without executions?
Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement.
Every cook has to learn how to govern the state.