Vladimir Lenin

To talk about 'freedom of the press' is to talk about freedom of capital to bribe the press.

Without a party of iron discipline, without a party that is not only united but also capable of leading the masses, the revolution cannot be victorious.

The proletariat needs state power, a centralised organisation of force, an organisation of violence, both to crush the resistance of the exploiters and to lead the enormous mass of the population—the peasants, the petty bourgeoisie, and semi-proletarians—in the work of organising a socialist economy.

The revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is power won and maintained by the violence of the proletariat against the bourgeoisie, power that is unrestricted by any laws.

We must be able to combine the strictest loyalty to the ideas of communism with the ability to make all the necessary practical compromises.

The state is a special organisation of force; it is an organisation of violence for the suppression of some class.

Our program is the complete destruction of the state, the complete destruction of all class distinctions, the complete liberation of all working people from exploitation.

The more conscious the working class becomes, the more revolutionary it becomes.

We must not forget that the state, even in a democratic republic, is an instrument of oppression of one class by another.

The Communist Party is the vanguard of the proletariat, leading the working class to the seizure of power.

The more a country is backward, the more difficult it is for it to pass from capitalism to socialism.

The working class has no country.

We must not fear difficulties, but overcome them.

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.

We must combine the struggle for democracy with the struggle for socialism.

The most dangerous thing about opportunism is that it hides behind revolutionary phrases.

The state will wither away only when there are no longer any classes.

The working class needs a strong, centralized party to lead it to victory.

We must carry out a ruthless class struggle against the exploiters.

The victory of socialism in one country is possible.