Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self-deception in politics, and they always will be, until they have learned… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
A political leader who desires to be useful to the revolutionary proletariat must be able to distinguish concrete cases of compromises that… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
The functionaries of our political organizations and trade unions are corrupted -- or rather tend to be corrupted -- by the conditions… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
“Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.” — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
A party is the vanguard of a class, and its duty is to lead the masses and not merely to reflect the… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Our idea is that a state is strong when the people are politically conscious. It is strong when the people know everything,… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
The political form of a society wherein the proletariat is victorious in overthrowing the bourgeoisie will be a democratic republic. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Any army which does not train to use all the weapons, all the means and methods of warfare that the enemy possesses,… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
History causes the military problem to become the essence of the political problem. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Political institutions are a superstructure resting on an economic foundation. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Where and when have riots and anarchy been provoked by wise measures? If the government had acted wisely, and if their measures… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
One of the chief symptoms of every revolution is the sharp and sudden increase in the number of ordinary people who take… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Face the truth squarely. In politics that is always the best and the only correct attitude. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
“There are no morals in politics; the is only experience. A scoundrel may be of use because he is a scoundrel” — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Why should freedom of speech and freedom of press be allowed? Why should a government which is doing what it believes to… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
In the end, one or the other will triumph - a funeral dirge will be sung over the Soviet republic or over… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Dictatorship is rule based directly upon force and unrestricted by any laws. The revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is rule won and maintained by… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Our power does not know liberty or justice. It is established on the destruction of the individual will. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
For the complete extinction of the state, complete Communism is necessary. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
The reflection of nature in man's thought must be understood not lifelessly but in the eternal process of movement, the arising of contradictions and… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
“Private property based on the labour of the small proprietor, free competition, democracy, i.e., all the catchwords with which the capitalists and their press… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
International unity of the workers is more important than the national. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
I don't care what becomes of Russia. To hell with it. All this is only the road to a World Revolution. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
I must say that the tasks of the youth in general, and of the Young Communist Leagues and all other organisations in particular, might… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image