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Communism is Soviet government plus the electrification of the whole country. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov

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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Улья́нов, IPA: [vlʌˈdʲimʲɪr ɪˈlʲitɕ uˈlʲanəf]), better known by the alias Lenin (help·info) (Ленин) (April 22, 1870 - January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, a communist politician, the main leader of the October Revolution, the first head of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic and from 1922, the first de facto leader of the Soviet Union. He was the creator of Leninism, an extension of Marxist theory.

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One fool can ask more questions in a minute than twelve wise men can answer in an hour.

Communism is Soviet government plus the electrification of the whole country.

In the end, one or the other will triumph a funeral dirge will be sung over the Soviet republic or over world capitalism.

The constitution of Soviet Russia must insure equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex, creed, race, or nationality.

Every cook has to learn how to govern the state.

Imperialism, in a sense, is the transition stage from capitalism to Socialism.... It is capitalism dying, not dead.

The Jewish bourgeoisie are our enemies, not as Jews but as bourgeoisie. The Jewish worker is our brother.

It is true that liberty is precious so precious that it must be rationed.

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.

Political institutions are a superstructure resting on an economic foundation.

It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws. But when it come it moves irresistibly.

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.

When we say 'the state,' the state it is we, it is the proletariat, it is the advanced guard of the working class.

The true leader must submerge himself in the fountain of the people.

The war is relentless: it puts the alternative in a ruthless relief: either to perish, or to catch up with the advanced countries and outdistance them, too, in economic matters.

From each according to his ability; to each according to his needs.

I am a bad, wicked man, but I am practicing moral self-purification; I don't eat meat any more, I now eat rice cutlets.