Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by his alias Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. Inspirational Vladimir Lenin quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.
Famous Vladimir Lenin Quotes
We can and must write in a language which sows among the masses hate, revulsion, and scorn toward those who disagree with us. Vladimir Lenin
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. Vladimir Lenin
The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses. Vladimir Lenin
No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses. Vladimir Lenin
Give me your four year olds, and in a generation, I will build a socialist state. Vladimir Lenin
Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism. Vladimir Lenin
The goal of socialism is communism. Vladimir Lenin
Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. Vladimir Lenin
Why should freedom of speech and freedom of press be allowed? Why should a government which is doing what it believes to right allow itself to be criticized? It would not allow opposition by lethal weapons. Ideas are much more fatal things than guns. Why should any man be allowed to buy a printing press and disseminate pernicious opinions calculated to embarrass the government? Vladimir Lenin
Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers’ cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism. Vladimir Lenin
Truth is the most precious thing. That’s why we should ration it. Vladimir Lenin
When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward or go back. He who now talks about the freedom of the press goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism. Vladimir Lenin
Give me just one generation of youth, and I’ll transform the whole world. Vladimir Lenin
A lie told often enough becomes the truth. Vladimir Lenin
People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self deception in politics. Vladimir Lenin
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin. Vladimir Lenin
One man with a gun can control 100 without one. Vladimir Lenin
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 Lenin
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation. Vladimir Lenin
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament. Vladimir Lenin
As an ultimate objective, peace simply means communist world control. Vladimir Lenin
The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. Vladimir Lenin
One of the basic conditions for the victory of socialism is the arming of the workers Communist and the disarming of the bourgeoisie the middle class. Vladimir Lenin
It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed. Vladimir Lenin
Atheism is a natural and inseparable part of Marxism, of the theory and practice of scientific socialism. Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism. Vladimir Lenin
It is, of course, much easier to shout, abuse, and howl than to attempt to relate, to explain. Vladimir Lenin
If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism. Vladimir Lenin
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel. Vladimir Lenin
Fascism is capitalism in decay. Vladimir Lenin
Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism. Vladimir Lenin
A lie told often enough becomes the truth. Vladimir Lenin
It is necessary secretly and urgently to prepare the terror. Vladimir Lenin
Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever. Vladimir Lenin
The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves. Vladimir Lenin
The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow at any cost. To delay action is the same as death. Vladimir Lenin
We want to achieve a new and better order of society: in this new and better society there must be neither rich nor poor; all will have to work. Not a handful of rich people, but all the working people must enjoy the fruits of their common labor. Machines and other improvements must serve to ease the work of all and not to enable a few to grow rich at the expense of millions and tens of millions of people. This new and better society is called socialist society. Vladimir Lenin
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation. Vladimir Lenin
Give us the child for eight years and it will be a Bolshevik forever. Vladimir Lenin
It would be stupid to think that, in a society based on the endless oppression and coarsening of the worker masses, religious prejudices could be dispelled by purely propaganda methods. Vladimir Lenin
We are not shooting enough professors. Vladimir Lenin
One of the basic conditions for the victory of socialism is the arming of the workers Communist and the disarming of the bourgeoisie the middle class. Vladimir Lenin
There can be nothing more abominable than religion. Vladimir Lenin
Attention must be devoted principally to raising the workers to the level of revolutionaries; it is not our task to descend to the level of the ‘working masses. Vladimir Lenin
There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen. Vladimir Lenin
Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers’ cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism. Vladimir Lenin
The establishment of a central bank is 90% of communizing a nation. Vladimir Lenin
The most important thing when ill is to never lose heart. Vladimir Lenin
Atheism is the natural and inseparable part of Communism. Vladimir Lenin
He who now talks about the freedom of the press goes backward and halts our headlong course towards Socialism. Vladimir Lenin
Democracy is indispensable to socialism. Vladimir Lenin , Vladimir Lenin quotes on democracy
Whenever the cause of the people is entrusted to professors, it is lost. Vladimir Lenin
Germany will militarize herself out of existence, England will expand herself out of existence, and America will spend herself out of existence. Vladimir Lenin
No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses. Vladimir Lenin
You must act with all your energy. Mass searches. Execution for concealing arms. Vladimir Lenin
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of the revolution. It is governed by their own more or less mysterious laws. Vladimir Lenin
Pacifism, the preaching of peace in the abstract, is one of the means of duping the working class. Vladimir Lenin
The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade union consciousness. Vladimir Lenin
It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed. Vladimir Lenin
In the history of modern socialism, this is a phenomenon, that the strife of the various trends within the socialist movement has become international. Vladimir Lenin
Free speech is a bourgeois prejudice. Vladimir Lenin
War cannot be abolished unless classes are abolished and Socialism is created. Vladimir Lenin
Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted. Vladimir Lenin
If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism. Vladimir Lenin
How can you make a revolution without executions? Vladimir Lenin
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot. Vladimir Lenin
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament. Vladimir Lenin
The goal of socialism is communism. Vladimir Lenin
Trust is good, but control is better. Vladimir Lenin
A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution. Vladimir Lenin
I don’t care what becomes of Russia. To hell with it. All this is only the road to a World Revolution. Vladimir Lenin
Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country. Vladimir Lenin
Dictatorship is rule based directly upon force and unrestricted by any laws. The revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is rule won and maintained by the use of violence by the proletariat against the bourgeoisie, rule that is unrestricted by any laws. Vladimir Lenin
Politics begins where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin. Vladimir Lenin
No Marxist can deny that the interests of socialism are higher than the interests of the right of nations to self determination. Vladimir Lenin
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel. Vladimir Lenin
One of the chief symptoms of every revolution is the sharp and sudden increase in the number of ordinary people who take an active, independent and forceful interest in politics. Vladimir Lenin
There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen. Vladimir Lenin
The art of any propagandist and agitator consists in his ability to find the best means of influencing any given audience, by presenting a definite truth, in such a way as to make it most convincing, most easy to digest, most graphic, and most strongly impressive. Vladimir Lenin
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation. Vladimir Lenin
Only armed people can be the real bulwark of popular liberty. Vladimir Lenin
It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed. Vladimir Lenin
You must have your heart on fire and your brain on ice. Vladimir Lenin
Sometimes history needs a push. Vladimir Lenin
America has become one of the foremost countries in regard to the depth of the abyss which lies between the handful of arrogant multimillionaires who wallow in filth and luxury, and the millions of working people who constantly live on the verge of pauperism. Vladimir Lenin
The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves. Vladimir Lenin
Three keys to success: read, read, read. Vladimir Lenin, Vladimir Lenin quotes on success
It is more pleasant and useful to go through the ‘experience of the revolution’ than to write about it. Vladimir Lenin
When it comes to hanging the capitalists they will compete with each other to sell us the rope at a lower price. Vladimir Lenin
One man with a gun can control 100 without one. Make mass searches and hold executions for found arms. Vladimir Lenin
The only one who doesn’t make mistakes is the one who doesn’t do anything. Vladimir Lenin
One of the basic conditions for the victory of socialism is the arming of the workers and the disarming of the bourgeoisie the middle class Vladimir Lenin
By destroying the peasant economy and driving the peasant from the country to the town, the famine creates a proletariat Furthermore, famine can and should be a progressive factor not only economically. It will force the peasant to reflect on the bases of the capitalist system, demolish faith in the tsar and tsarism, and consequently in due course make the victory of the revolution easier Psychologically all this talk about feeding the starving and so on essentially reflects the usual sugary sentimentality of our intelligentsia. Vladimir Lenin
Fascism is capitalism in decay. Vladimir Lenin
The aim of socialism is not only to abolish the present division of mankind into smaller states and all national isolation, not only to bring the nations closer to each other but also to merge them. Vladimir Lenin
Capitalists are no more capable of self sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps. Vladimir Lenin
The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. Vladimir Lenin
Crime is a product of social excess. Vladimir Lenin
But democracy is by no means a limit one may not overstep; it is only one of the stages in the course of development from feudalism to capitalism, and from capitalism to Communism. Vladimir Lenin
The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. Vladimir Lenin
Only by abolishing private property in land and building cheap and hygienic dwellings can the housing problem be solved. Vladimir Lenin
It is necessary sometimes to take one step backward to take two steps forward. Vladimir Lenin
Of all the arts, for us, the cinema is the most important.” Vladimir Lenin , Vladimir Lenin Quotes on art
Competition becomes transformed into monopoly. The result is immense progress in the socialization of production. In particular, the process of technical invention and improvement becomes socialized. Vladimir Lenin
We must not depict socialism as if socialists will bring it to us on a plate all nicely dressed. That will never happen. Not a single problem of the class struggle has ever been solved in history except by violence. When violence is exercised by the working people, by the mass of exploited against the exploiters then we are for it! Vladimir Lenin
The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them. Vladimir Lenin
We need the real, nation wide terror which reinvigorates the country and through which the Great French Revolution achieved glory. Vladimir Lenin
Socialism means keeping account of everything. You will have socialism if you take stock of every piece of iron and cloth. Vladimir Lenin
Fascism is capitalism in decay. Vladimir Lenin
You probe with bayonets: if you find mush, you push. If you find steel, you withdraw. Vladimir Lenin
Whenever the cause of the people is entrusted to professors, it is lost. Vladimir Lenin
The revolution does not need historians. -Vladimir Lenin
We Social Democrats always stand for democracy, not in the name of capitalism, but in the name of clearing the path for our movement, which is impossible without the development of capitalism. Vladimir Lenin
I can’t listen to music too often. It affects your nerves, makes you want to say stupid nice things and stroke the heads of people who could create such beauty while living in this vile hell. Vladimir Lenin
He who does not work shall not eat. Vladimir Lenin
Thus, the twentieth century marks the turning point from the old capitalism to the new, from the domination of capital in general to the domination of finance capital. Vladimir Lenin
No mercy for these enemies of the people, the enemies of socialism, the enemies of the working people! War to the death against the rich and their hangers on, the bourgeois intellectuals; war on the rogues, the idlers and the rowdies! Vladimir Lenin
Capitalists can buy themselves out of any crisis, so long as they make the workers pay. Vladimir Lenin
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament. Vladimir Lenin
The soundest strategy in war is to postpone operations until the moral disintegration of the enemy renders the delivery of the mortal blow both possible and easy. Vladimir Lenin
Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism. Vladimir Lenin
Learning is never done without errors and defeat. Vladimir Lenin
To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics. Vladimir Lenin
Give me a child for the first 5 years of his life and he will be mine forever. Vladimir Lenin
Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement. Vladimir Lenin
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. Vladimir Lenin
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 Lenin
