Nikolai Lenin Quotes

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

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

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.

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

Every cook has to learn how to govern the state.

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.

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

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.

No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.

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