Lenin

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

“Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.”
—Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)

“The savages set up gods to which they pray, and which they punish if one of their prayers is not answered.... That is what is happening at this moment.... Yesterday Kerensky; today Lenin and Trotsky; another tomorrow.”
—Victor Mikhailovich Chernov (1873–1972)