A few of My Favorite Lenin Quotes

Lessons From History Lenin was the revolutionary leader of Communism in Russian from 1917-1922. He led a revolution into Socialism. It wasn't a silent, peaceful revolution. Many people were imprisoned and close to a million were executed and around 9 million died as a result of the revolution through civil war or famine. All in the name of making things more fair and equitable. By redistributing wealth. These are some of his most resonating quotes, each followed by my commentary. 1) "The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them." Comment: His goal was to devalue the economy to such a degree that those that participated in a "free" market would be forced to sell their interests to the government. Be wary if our stock market collapses to the point where the government starts to buy all the failed assets of key industries. For this to be possible they will have to buy up worthless companies with imaginary money that they would print and appropriate. The sad thing is the majority of Americans don't even understand how our currency system works, so they won't even know (or care) about what is happening. Some would even see it as a glorious event. 2) "The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation." Comment: This is mostly self-explanatory. The Bourgeoisie is a classification used in analyzing human societies to describe a social class of people. Historically, the bourgeoisie comes from the middle or merchant classes of the Middle Ages, whose status or power came from employment, education, and wealth, as distinguished from those whose power came from being born into an aristocratic family of landowners. In modern times, it is the class owning the means for producing wealth. The problem here is most people think Lenin was just after the "Rich." That wasn't the whole story. He was after anyone who had the freedom and power to create wealth for themselves. The Aristocrats (landowners) were considered the most wealthy. Read the definition of bourgeoisie again and see if you might just be considered a bourgeoisie. 3) "Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted." Comment: Lenin was ultimately wrong but it took a lot longer than 4 years for people to dig themselves out of the horrible oppressive seeds of communism. If the seeds of socialism or communism were to take hold in our country, would we really want our children digging out for the next 60 years? 4) "One of the basic conditions for the victory of socialism is the arming of the workers (Communist) and the disarming of the bourgeoisie (the middle class)." Comment: He wasn't talking about guns. He wanted to give more power or rights to those that work (or don't work) than those who provide work. Ultimately, Lenin waged terror on the very peasants he claimed to empower. Also, the peasants (workers) found themselves in far worse conditions than before Lenin took over, many of them died of famine. 5) "The surest way to destroy a nation is to debauch its currency." Comment: In other words, make its currency worthless by printing more of it than can be backed or valued by the domestic output of a society. This is very hard to understand for people who look to the government for more money or think if more money is needed, just go borrow it or print it. Lenin was out to destroy the economy of his own nation, not another. 6) "Behind the October Revolution there are more influential personalities than the thinkers and executors of Marxism." Comment: It doesn't take a large force to overthrow the masses, just a few influential personalities. Be ever watchful of media and celebrities. 7) "Only an armed people can be the real bulwark of popular liberty." and "A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie." Comment: He knew the middle class would not stand for Socialism and Communism if they were armed citizens. And the quickest way to disarm them was to institute a system of licensing and registration of all guns. Once they knew who had guns, it was only a simple matter to show up and demand them by force. Other repressive, tyrannies have used this tactic as well. I saw a sign recently that said, "An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man is a subject." Bulwark means, a solid wall-like structure raised for defense, and by popular liberty he meant, the majority of citizens who support freedom or liberty. I believe Lenin's primary goal was to deny liberty to individuals! And to think his supporters thought he cared for the workers and the downtrodden. He later said he didn't care what happened to Russia, it was about a worldwide revolution. These are just a few, but very telling. Look them up for yourself. Before you buy into everything our government is doing, hook, line, and sinker, do yourself a favor and read about what happened in the past to discern the events of our day. Are we a socialist state already? Not at all, but many current public policies and programs are socialist in nature. Consider this quote by Ayn Rand: Socialism may be established by force, as in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics—or by vote, as in Nazi (National Socialist) Germany. The degree of socialization may be total, as in Russia—or partial, as in England. Theoretically, the differences are superficial; practically, they are only a matter of time. The basic principle, in all cases, is the same.

The alleged goals of socialism were: the abolition of poverty, the achievement of general prosperity, progress, peace, and human brotherhood. The results have been a terrifying failure—terrifying, that is, if one’s motive is men’s welfare.

Instead of prosperity, socialism has brought economic paralysis and/or collapse to every country that tried it. The degree of socialization has been the degree of disaster. The consequences have varied accordingly.