Vladimir Lenin

All official and liberal science defends wage-slavery, whereas Marxism has declared relentless war on that slavery.

Without Revolutionary theory, there can be no Revolutionary Movement.

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

One man with a gun can control 100 without one. … Make mass searches and hold executions for found arms.

Capitalists can buy themselves out of any crisis, so long as they make the workers pay

What a waste that we lost Mussolini. He is a first-rate man who would have led our party to power in Italy.

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.

Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.

The first role of government is to help people who are in crisis or need. That’s why we have government.

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.

Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.

Our country is in serious trouble. We don’t have victories any more. We used to have victories but [now] we don’t have them. When was the last time anybody saw us beating, let’s say, China, in a trade deal? They kill us. I beat China all the time. All the time.

I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

There is no reason to accept the doctrines crafted to sustain power and privilege, or to believe that we are constrained by mysterious and unknown social laws. These are simply decisions made within institutions that are subject to human will and that must face the test of legitimacy. And if they do not meet the test, they can be replaced by other institutions that are more free and more just, as has happened often in the past.

Does it mean I agree with Hamas and what it does? No. Does it mean I agree with Hezbollah and what they do? No. What it means is that I think to bring about a peace process, you have to talk to people with whom you may profoundly disagree … There is not going to be a peace process unless there is talks involving Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas and I think everyone knows that.

..reading a book doesn’t mean just turning the pages. It means thinking about it, identifying parts that you want to go back to, asking how to place it in a broader context, pursuing the ideas. There’s no point in reading a book if you let it pass before your eyes and then forget about it ten minutes later. Reading a book is an intellectual exercise, which stimulates thought, questions, imagination.

To pay more is the easy way. In fact, the solution possibilities to the problem are many.

With the first link, a chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.

The new nationality law declares Israel to be the nation-state of the Jewish people, downgrades the status of Arabic and formally authorizes Jewish-only communities….What is new is primarily the elevation of these racist principles to the Basic Law – constitutional status.

The realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know.

Our aims are absolutely clear: They are a high living standard in the country and a secure, free and comfortable life.