Communism is Soviet government plus the electrification of the whole country.
Nikolai Lenin (1870 - 1924)
Source: New External and Internal Position and the Problems of the Party, 1920
Contributed by: Zaady
In the end, one or the other will triumph - a funeral dirge will be sung over the Soviet republic or over world capitalism.
Source: 1920
The constitution of Soviet Russia must insure equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex, creed, race, or nationality.
Source: 1917
Every cook has to learn how to govern the state.
Source: Will the Bolsheviks Retain Government Power? 1917
Imperialism, in a sense, is the transition stage from capitalism to Socialism. . . . It is capitalism dying, not dead.
The Jewish bourgeoisie are our enemies, not as Jews but as bourgeoisie. The Jewish worker is our brother.
Source: Speech, 1918
It is true that liberty is precious - so precious that it must be rationed.
Source: Attributed.