Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

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    Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.
    Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)

    Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.
    —Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)

    Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes.
    Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)

    The train’s gone, the rails are cold.
    Russian saying, trans. by Vladimir Ivanovich Shlyakov (1993)

    Literature must become Party literature.... Down with unpartisan litterateurs! Down with the superman of literature! Literature must become a part of the general cause of the proletariat.
    —Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)

    It is true that liberty is precious—so precious that it must be rationed.
    —Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)