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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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“Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement.”

Movement Theory Revolutionary

Author:Vladimir Lenin

“It is not difficult to be a revolutionary when revolution has already broken out and is in spate, when all people are joining the revolution just because they are carried away, because it is the vogue, and sometimes even from careerist motives. It is far more difficult--and far more precious--to be a revolutionary when the conditions for direct, open, really mass and really revolutionary struggle do not yet exist.”

People Sometimes Difficult Struggle Conditions Broken Revolution Mass Direct Revolutionary Motive Joining Vogue Carried Away

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“It is in prison ... that one becomes a real revolutionary.”

Real Prison Revolutionary

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“A political leader who desires to be useful to the revolutionary proletariat must be able to distinguish concrete cases of compromises that are inexcusable and are an expression of opportunism and treachery.”

Able Political Desire Leader Cases Expression Compromise Revolutionary Concrete Proletariat Treachery Political Leaders Opportunism

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“Does not the whole history of socialism, particularly of French socialism, which is so rich in revolutionary striving, show us that when the working people themselves take power in their hands the ruling classes resort to unheard-of crimes and shootings if it is a matter of protecting their money-bags.”

People Ifs Doe Matter Whole Shows Hands Class Rich Crime Strive Socialism Shooting Revolutionary Bags Ruling Resorts Unheard

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“This fear of criticism displayed by the advocates of freedom of criticism cannot be attributed solely to craftiness. No, the majority of the Economists look with sincere resentment upon all theoretical controversies, factional disagreements, broad political questions, plans for organising revolutionaries, etc.”

Looks Political Plans Criticism Majority Revolutionary Etc Sincere Broads Resentment Economist Controversy Theoretical Disagreement Craftiness

Book:Izbrannye Proizvedenii͡a V Trekh Tomakh

Source: Izbrannye Proizvedenii͡a V Trekh Tomakh

“An end to wars, peace among the nations, the cessation of pillaging and violence - such is our ideal, but only bourgeois sophists can seduce the masses with this ideal, if the latter is divorced from a direct and immediate call for revolutionary action.”

Ifs War Ends Action Nations Violence Mass Ideals Direct Revolutionary Latter Divorced Bourgeois Peace War Seducing Pillaging

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“Fascism is capitalism in decay.”

Political Politics Capitalism Destruction Revolutionary Fascism Conspiracy Decay Political Ideology

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“Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.”

Ifs Nations Revolutionary Cold War

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“A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution.”

Reality Situation Impossible Revolution Revolutionary

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“Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.”

Democracy Movement Theory Revolutionary Russian Revolution

Book:Essential Works of Lenin:

Source: Essential Works of 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.”

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

“Every cook has to learn how to govern the state.”

States Learning Cooking Cooks Revolutionary

Author: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.”

Way Doe Evil Causes Class Struggle Modern Despair Revolutionary Categories Incapable Typical Proletariat

Book:Lenin on Literature and Art

Source: Lenin on Literature and Art

“During the lifetime of great revolutionaries, the oppressing classes constantly hounded them, received their theories with the most savage malice, the most furious hatred and the most unscrupulous campaigns of lies and slander. After their death, attempts are made to convert them into harmless icons, to canonize them, so to say, and to hallow their names to a certain extent for the “consolation” of the oppressed classes and with the object of duping the latter, while at the same time robbing the revolutionary theory of its substance, blunting its revolutionary edge and vulgarizing it.”

Made Lying Certain Names Class Objects Theory Hatred Lifetime Edges Campaigns Substance Revolutionary Latter Savages Oppressed Consolation Malice Icons Slander Furious Robbing

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“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'.”

Levels Attention Mass Tasks Workers Revolutionary Devoted

Book:Collected works of V. I. Lenin

Source: Collected works of V. I. Lenin

“We would be deceiving both ourselves and the people if we concealed from the masses the necessity of a desperate, bloody war of extermination, as the immediate task of the coming revolutionary action.”

People Ifs War Would Be Action Communication Mass Tasks Revolutionary Desperate Deceiving Bloody Concealed Extermination

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“Bah, tombstones are only good for pigeons to sit on”

Revolutionary Pigeons Tombstone

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“Russians are too kind, they lack the ability to apply determined methods of revolutionary terror.”

Kind Ability Method Terror Determined Revolutionary

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“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.”

Use Law Force Violence Revolutionary Dictatorship Proletariat Bourgeoisie

Author:Vladimir Lenin

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

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