Vladimir Lenin

In the history of modern socialism this is a phenomenon, that the strife of the various trends within the socialist movement has from national become international.

The goal of Socialism is Communism.

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

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

Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.

Exchange, fair or unfair,always presupposes and includes the rule of the bourgeoisie.

We won the Electoral College by a lot: 306 to 223, I believe. And that was a well-fought — that was a well-fought battle. We did a great job.

I know more about ISIS than the generals do. Believe me.

When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.

I’m eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they’ve trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.

You do not lament the loss of hair of one who has been beheaded.

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.

Every day, you have the power to choose our better history – by opening your hearts and minds, by speaking up for what you know is right.

Libya is divided into tribes and clans.

Russia also declared its independence. This was approved by the Supreme Soviet, and you know and remember that there was the Declaration on the Independence of Russia.

When I’ve talked about the idea of being President, I’m not saying I have any political views, I don’t have views on politics, I just have a view on humanity. On people. On the truth.

I grew up in a family of peasants, and it was there that I saw the way that, for example, our wheat fields suffered as a result of dust storms, water erosion and wind erosion; I saw the effect of that on life – on human life.

I love soccer.

Black lives must not matter until black people start respecting black lives and stop killing ourselves.

To escape the impact of a well-functioning system of propaganda that bars dissent and unwanted fact while fostering lively debate within the permitted bounds is remarkably difficult.

We have no guns – we have only stones, boxes of matches and petrol. Together, hand in hand, with our boxes of matches and our necklaces, we shall liberate this country.