Vladimir Lenin:

A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.

— Vladimir Lenin Modern

Leader of Russian Revolution

Context

Attributed to Mao Zedong, but often misattributed to Lenin or reflective of similar ideas. Lenin's writings certainly endorse revolutionary violence.

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