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Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary, politician, Marxist theorist, and one of the founders of the Soviet Union. He played a crucial role in the Russian Revolution, leading the October Revolution of 1917, which overthrew the Tsarist regime and established the Soviet power. Lenin's ideas and theories had a profound impact on international politics in the 20th century.

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“Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.”

Philosophy Hope Politics Freedom History Democracy Revolution Socialism Communism Individualism

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“Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.”

Political Politics Freedom Revolution Capitalism Remains Slave Ancient Communism Greek Owners Republic Communist Tyrants Individualism Capitalist Ancient Greek Slave Owners

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“No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.”

Political Freedom Amount Mass Hungry Political Freedom

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“Politics is the most concentrated expression of economics.”

Freedom Democracy Expression Economics

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“All extremes are bad. All that is good and useful, if carried to extremes, may become-and beyond a certain limit is bound to become-bad and injurious.”

Ifs May Certain Freedom Democracy Limits Bounds Extremes

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“Face the truth squarely. In politics that is always the best and the only correct attitude.”

Faces Freedom Attitude Democracy Facing The Truth

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“False rhetoric and false boastfulness spell moral ruin and lead unfailingly to political extinction.”

Political Freedom Moral Democracy Ruins Spells Rhetoric Extinction

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“Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness.”

Freedom Results Democracy Honesty Weakness Hypocrisy

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“Our idea is that a state is strong when the people are politically conscious. It is strong when the people know everything, can form an opinion of everything, and do everything consciously.”

People Knows Ideas States Form Strong Freedom Opinion Democracy Conscious

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“Don't be afraid to admit defeat. Learn from defeat. Do over again more thoroughly, more carefully, and more systematically what you have done badly.”

Done Freedom Democracy Defeat

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“People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics.”

People Has Beens Self Freedom Democracy Stupid Victim Deception Deceit Self Deception

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About the Author

Born: April 22, 1870
Died: January 21, 1924
Known for: Revolutionary
Quotes: 262

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Izbrannye Proizvedenii͡a V Trekh TomakhRelated source material

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A Caricature of Marxism and Imperialist EconomismRelated source material

Bolshevism and the Russian RevolutionRelated source material

Collected Works, Volume 26: September 1917-February 1918Related source material

Collected Works, Volume 34: Letters, November 1895-November 1911Related source material

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