Lenin | Give me just one generation of youth, and I’ll transform the whole world
"Give me just one generation of youth, and I'll transform the whole world."
Vladimir Lenin
Lenin | The highest art of war
"The highest art of war is to avoid military engagements altogether and defeat the enemy by destroying his moral principles, his religion, his culture and his traditions. When a country has been demoralized in that way it can be taken over without a single shot being fired."
Vladimir Iljitsch Lenin
Vladimir Lenin | Why should freedom of speech and freedom of press be allowed?
"Why should freedom of speech and freedom of press be allowed? Why should a government which is doing what it believes to be right allow itself to be criticized? It would not allow opposition by lethal weapons. Ideas are much more fatal things than guns. Why should any man be allowed to buy a printing press and disseminate pernicious opinions calculated to embarrass the government?"
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin | We can and must write in a language
"We can and must write in a language which sows among the masses hate, revulsion, and scorn toward those who disagree with us."
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin | The way to crush the bourgeoisie
"The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation."
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin | While the State exists, there can be no freedom
"While the State exists, there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State."
Vladimir Lenin