Class Quote by Vladimir Lenin

“When we say "the state," the state is We, it is we, it is the proletariat, it is the advanced guard of the working class.”

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Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness.

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Our power does not know liberty or justice. It is established on the destruction of the individual will.

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Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism.

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The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.

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Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

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International unity of the workers is more important than the national.

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I don't care what becomes of Russia. To hell with it. All this is only the road to a World Revolution.

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