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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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“Human thought by its nature is capable of giving, and does give, absolute truth, which is compounded of a sum-total of relative truths.”

Giving Humans Doe Capable Absolutes Relative Absolute Truth Human Thought Relative Truth

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“Victory will belong only to those who have faith in the people, those who are immersed in the life-giving spring of popular creativity.”

People Giving Creativity Victory Spring Have Faith

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“I come to the categorical conclusion that precisely at this moment we must give battle to the Black Hundred clergy in the most decisive and merciless manner and crush its resistance with such brutality that it will not forget it for decades to come. The greater the number of representatives of the reactionary clergy and reactionary bourgeoisie we succeed in executing for this reason, the better.”

“Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.”

Giving Years Children Teach Teacher Four Give Me Historical Seeds Four Years

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“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.”

Ifs Giving Should Stage Capitalism Should Have Definitions Revolutionary Imperialism Monopoly

Book:Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

Source: Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

“Give me just one generation of youth, and I'll transform the whole world.”

World Giving Whole Generations Youth Give Me Whole World Just One

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“But suppose, for the sake of argument, free competition, without any sort of monopoly, would develop capitalism trade more rapidly. Is it not a fact that the more rapidly trade and capitalism develop, the greater is the concentration of production and capital which gives rise to monopoly?”

Giving Facts Greater Capitalism Argument Trade Competition Sake Productions Concentration Monopoly Free Trade

Book:Essential Works of Lenin:

Source: Essential Works of Lenin:

“Give me a child for the first 5 years of his life and he will be mine forever.”

Giving Years Firsts Children Religion Forever Atheism Mines Give Me

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“Give us the child for eight years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.”

Giving Years Children Energy Forever Environment Climate Change Eight Bolsheviks

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“Give me your four year olds, and in a generation I will build a socialist state.”

Giving Years States Education Four Generations Give Me Four Years Socialist

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“The bourgeoisie is many times stronger than we. To give it the weapon of freedom of the press is to ease the enemy's cause, to help the class enemy. We do not desire to end in suicide, so we will not do this.”

Giving Ends Helping Desire Causes Enemy Class Weapons Stronger Suicide Presses Tyranny Ease Propaganda Freedom Of The Press Bourgeoisie

Author:Vladimir Lenin

About the Author

Born: April 22, 1870
Died: January 21, 1924
Known for: Revolutionary
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Izbrannye Proizvedenii͡a V Trekh TomakhRelated source material

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A Caricature of Marxism and Imperialist EconomismRelated source material

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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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