Vladimir Lenin Giving Quotations

If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism.

The bourgeoisie is many times stronger than we. To give it the weapon of freedom of the press is to ease the enemy's cause, to help the class enemy. We do not desire to end in suicide, so we will not do this.

Give me just one generation of youth, and I'll transform the whole world.

Give me a child for the first 5 years of his life and he will be mine forever.

I come to the categorical conclusion that precisely at this moment we must give battle to the Black Hundred clergy in the most decisive and merciless manner and crush its resistance with such brutality that it will not forget it for decades to come. The greater the number of representatives of the reactionary clergy and reactionary bourgeoisie we succeed in executing for this reason, the better.

But suppose, for the sake of argument, free competition, without any sort of monopoly, would develop capitalism trade more rapidly. Is it not a fact that the more rapidly trade and capitalism develop, the greater is the concentration of production and capital which gives rise to monopoly?

Victory will belong only to those who have faith in the people, those who are immersed in the life-giving spring of popular creativity.

Give me your four year olds, and in a generation I will build a socialist state.

Human thought by its nature is capable of giving, and does give, absolute truth, which is compounded of a sum-total of relative truths.