It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.
Vladimir LeninRead
Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.
Interpretation
Lenin emphasizes the crucial role of medicine in a socialist society.
This quote reflects Vladimir Lenin's belief that a robust healthcare system is fundamental to the social and economic structure of socialism. He suggests that without a strong emphasis on medicine and healthcare, the entire socialist framework could collapse, highlighting the importance of health as a cornerstone for societal well-being and equality.
In practice
During a lecture on socialist policies, one could use this quote to emphasize the importance of healthcare.
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.
For the complete extinction of the state, complete Communism is necessary.
A democracy is a state which recognizes the subjection of the minority to the majority, that is, an organization for the systematic use of violence by one class against the other, by one part of the population against another.
We are not utopians, we do not βdreamβ of dispensing at once with all administration, with all subordination. These anarchist dreams, based upon incomprehension of the tasks of the proletarian dictatorship, are totally alien to Marxism, and, as a matter of fact, serve only to postpone the socialist revolution until people are different. No, we want the socialist revolution with people as they are now, with people who cannot dispense with subordination, control, and "foremen and accountants".
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.
Beggars should be entirely abolished! Truly, it is annoying to give to them and annoying not to give to them.
A society that is not willing to demand a life of somebody who has taken somebody elseβs life is simply immoral.
It would be wonderful if the public sector were always great, or always terrible; or if the private sector were always great, or always terrible. Alas, reality is more complicated than comforting caricatures. Governments fail, and corporations fail.
Our future may look fearfully intimidating, yet we can look up to the Engineer of the Universe, confident that nothing escapes His attention or slips out of the control of those strong hands.
In foreign affairs we must make up our minds that whether we wish it or not, we are a great people and must play a great part in the world. It is not open to us to choose whether we will play that great part or not.
And each day brings it's pretty dust, Our soon-choked souls to fll And we forget because we must, And not because we will.
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