Lenin Quotes

71 Lenin quotes by 58 unique authors

In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and Woodrow Wilson, both… — A J P Taylor
Killing the private property-that was the center of the Marxist economy and Marxist ideology. That was the center of the Lenin ideology. — Anatoly Chubais
If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worth while. . . . The beauty and cogency… — Samuel Eliot Morison
There would be no Lenin without Rasputin. — Robert K. Massie
Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "Emergency". It was a tactic of Lenin, Hitler and Mussolini.... The invasion of New Deal… — Herbert Hoover
But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticize the government. Once abolish the God, and the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The intellectual and moral satisfaction that I failed to gain from the utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill, the revolutionary methods of Marx and Lenin, the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The elimination of force at all costs is Utopian and the new movement which has arisen in the country and of whose dawn we have… — Bhagat Singh
A socialist is someone who has read Lenin and Marx. An anti-socialist is someone who understands Lenin and Marx. — Ronald Reagan
Lenin said that people vote with their feet. Well, that's what's happening. They either go, or they don't go. It's all politics. It's all demographics. — Warren Beatty
The theory of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin is universally applicable. We should regard it not as a dogma, but as a guide to action.… — Mao Zedong
Their souls were contagious. ... Bloodsuckers, spiders and vampires: that was what Lenin called them. — Robert Harris
Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought.… — A J P Taylor
The International Brigade was not formed to protect freedom and democracy. It was founded as a tool of of the Comintern, to promote the interests… — Kevin Myers
When I see hipsters wearing Mao hats or Lenin T-shirts, I'm grateful. It's like truth-in-labeling. For now I know you are: Woefully ignorant, morally stunted,… — Jonah Goldberg
People I meet today, especially journalists who interview me, are astonished to hear that Lenin told me, in effect, that Communism was not working and… — Armand Hammer
W.Z. Foster {head of the American Communist Party}, who had no money, went to Moscow and came back and announced that he was building a… — Samuel Gompers
The only conclusion you can draw from the real historical movement is that by and large, in day-to-day life, what Lenin called trade union consciousness… — Ernest Mandel
In effect, according to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible. By gaining democratic freedoms the working masses come to power. — Mikhail Gorbachev
Lenin, the greatest theorist of them all, did not know what he was going to do after he had got the power. — Garet Garrett
The great crimes of the twentieth century were committed not by money-grubbing capitalists but by dedicated idealists. Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler were contemptuous of money.… — Eric Hoffer
Sunday was the normal day for the political awareness session at sea. Ordinarily Putin would have officiated, reading some Pravada editorials, followed by selected quotations… — Tom Clancy
I absolutely fell in love with Moscow. It's one of those places where you can't help but trip over history at every turn. It's a… — Daniel Silva
The monstrous evils of the twentieth century have shown us that the greediest money grubbers are gentle doves compared with money-hating wolves like Lenin, Stalin,… — Eric Hoffer
It's a real enigma why people are so averse to real free market capitalism even now. Here we are, in the century that has seen… — Joseph Sobran

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