Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

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

    To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities—that is not to be taken seriously in politics.
    —Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)

    Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
    Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)

    It’s not money that brings happiness, it’s lots of money.
    Russian saying, trans. by Vladimir Ivanovich Shlyakov (1993)

    While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.
    —Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)

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