Thoughts of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian socialist Marxist thinker, teacher of the proletariat, writer, journalist, organizer and leader of the socialist revolution of 1917

1870 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian socialist Marxist thinker, teacher of the proletariat, writer, journalist, organizer and leader of the socialist revolution of 1917, was born in Ulyanovsk, Russia. Lenin was a prominent leader of the Bolshevik fight in Russia. Lenin was the Head of Government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1922 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. He died on 21 January 1924 in Gorky Leninsky, Soviet Union. Here are presented some of his thoughtful, exemplary and inspiring thoughts.

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Freedom in a capitalist society is always what it was in the ancient Greek republics, freedom for slave owners.

Give me just one generation of youth and I will change the whole world.

This struggle must be conducted in accordance with all the rules of the art by those who are professionally engaged in revolutionary activity.

The focus should be primarily on raising the workers to the level of revolutionaries; it is not our job at all to descend to the level of the toiling masses.

Newspaper is not only a mass propagator and a mass agitator but it is also a mass organizer.

Despair is characteristic of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out and are unable to struggle.

There can be no revolutionary movement without revolutionary theory.

During the lifetime of the great revolutionaries, the oppressing classes relentlessly pursued them, attacking their principles with the most cruel malice, the most furious hatred and the most dishonest campaigns of lies and slander. After their deaths attempts are made to turn them into harmless symbols, to canonize them, and to sanctify their names to some extent for the consolation of the oppressed classes and for the purpose of deceiving the next generation, while at the same time maintaining the revolutionary principle. Robbing the essence, blunting its revolutionary edge and making it vulgar.

Sometimes – history needs a boost.

The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.

The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.

Unity is a great thing, a very good slogan. But the interests of the workers require unity among Marxists, not unity between Marxists and the opponents and distortions of Marxism.

Every society is three dislocations away from anarchy.

When a liberal is mistreated, he says, thank God they didn't kill me. When he is beaten, he thanks God that they did not beat him. When he is killed, he will thank God that his immortal soul has been liberated from its mortal soil.

As long as the state exists, there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no state.

The way to crush the capitalist class is to grind them between the mills of taxation and inflation.

Imperialism – the final stage of capitalism.

I can't listen to music again and again. It gets on your nerves, makes you say stupid nice things and shake your head at the people who can create such beauty while still living in this gruesome hell.

We are not utopians, we do not dream of abolishing all subordination to all administrations altogether. These anarchist dreams, based on a lack of understanding of the functions of the proletarian dictatorship, are completely alien to Marxism and in fact only serve to postpone socialist revolution until the people secede. No we want a socialist revolution with people as they are now, with people who cannot live without subordination, control and foremen and accountants

The goal of socialism is communism.

It is more pleasant and useful to go through the experience of revolution than to write about it.

There is no morality in politics, there is only experience. A scoundrel can be useful because he is a scoundrel.

Medicine is the cornerstone of socialism.

Whenever the people's issue is handed over to professors, it is lost.

Wherever there are capitalists all over the world, freedom of the press means freedom to buy newspapers, buy writers, bribe, buy and fake public opinion for the benefit of the capitalist class.

Capitalists can save themselves from any crisis, provided they pay the workers.

All official and liberal science defends wage-slavery, while Marxism has declared perpetual war on that slavery.

We are moving forward in a tight group, holding each other's hand firmly on a difficult and difficult path. We are surrounded by enemies on all sides and have to move forward almost constantly under their fire. We are united by a freely adopted decision for the purpose of fighting the enemy, and not to retreat into the neighboring swamps, whose inhabitants have condemned us from the beginning to isolate themselves in a particular group. Instead of the path of reconciliation, the path of conflict has been chosen. And now some of us start shouting – let's go to the swamp! And when we start embarrassing them, they reply – You are such backward people! Aren't you ashamed of denying us the freedom to invite us to walk on a better path! Oh yes, gentlemen! You are not only free to invite us, but you are also free to go wherever you want, even to the swamp. We truly believe that the swamp is your perfect place and we are ready to provide you with every support you need to get there. Only let our hands go. Don't hold us and don't blaspheme the grand word of freedom, for we too are free to go where we please, free not only to fight against the swamp, but also to fight against those who Those who are free are turning towards the swamp! -Vladimir Ilyich Lenin