--- title: "8 Marxist Leninist Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Marxist Leninist quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Marxist Leninist sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2af/mao-zedong-1123_fighter_in-the-struggle-to-defend-the-legacy-of_67510.jpg" --- > [ In the struggle to defend the legacy of Leninism . . . \[Stalin\] proved himself to be an outstanding Marxist-Leninist fighter. .… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/in-the-struggle-to-defend-the-legacy-of-leninism-stalin-proved/) [Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2af/mao-zedong-1123_fighter_in-the-struggle-to-defend-the-legacy-of_67510.jpg) > [Thanks to pathetic reporting by The New York Times and other media sycophants more than 50 years ago, Fidel Castro, following the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cal-thomas/thanks-to-pathetic-reporting-by-the-new-york-times-and-other-media/) [Cal Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cal-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f6/cal-thomas-9453_castro_thanks-to-pathetic-reporting-by-the-new_1079989.jpg) > [I am a Marxist-Leninist and I will be one until the last day of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fidel-castro/i-am-a-marxist-leninist-and-i-will-be-one-until-the-last-day-of-my/) [Fidel Castro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fidel-castro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/fidel-castro-2285_cold_i-am-a-marxist-leninist-and-i-will-be-on_1093424.jpg) > [“This was the big trump card of Marxist-Leninist theory, the idea that people in the present were never more important than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-travers/this-was-the-big-trump-card-of-marxist-leninist-theory-the-idea-that/) [Steven Travers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-travers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/steven-travers-66568_goals_this-was-the-big-trump-card-of-marxist-l_1123953.jpg) > [“There are plenty of Marxist-Leninist textbooks about taking power; but there are none about giving it up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-sebestyen/there-are-plenty-of-marxist-leninist-textbooks-about-taking-power-but/) [Victor Sebestyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-sebestyen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f11/victor-sebestyen-44552_quote_there-are-plenty-of-marxist-leninist-tex_1841973.jpg) > [“Despite having built his own movement with little help from Moscow, the new Chinese leader was a dedicated Marxist-Leninist who was more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis-gaddis/despite-having-built-his-own-movement-with-little-help-from-moscow/) [John Lewis Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis-gaddis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/john-lewis-gaddis-16949_leadership_despite-having-built-his-own-movement-wi_1956207.jpg) > [It is only the working class at the head of the masses, it is only the working class headed by its real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enver-hoxha/it-is-only-the-working-class-at-the-head-of-the-masses-it-is-only-the/) [Enver Hoxha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enver-hoxha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/enver-hoxha-35845_class_it-is-only-the-working-class-at-the-head_1997109.png) > [At this moment, I don't think people would back the old-fashioned Marxist-Leninist ideas of FARC. But I do hope that the rebels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-manuel-santos/at-this-moment-i-don-t-think-people-would-back-the-old-fashioned/) [Juan Manuel Santos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-manuel-santos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/juan-manuel-santos-8923_agendas_at-this-moment-i-don-t-think-people-woul_2077921.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marxist-leninist/#itemlist", "name": "Marxist Leninist Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the struggle to defend the legacy of Leninism . . . [Stalin] proved himself to be an outstanding Marxist-Leninist fighter. . . . Stalin's works should, as before, be seriously studied . . . 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