Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov,[a] better known by the alias Lenin (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924), was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.He served as head of government of the Russian Republic from 1917 to 1918, of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1918 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Under his administration, Russia and then the wider Soviet Union became a one-party communist state governed by the Russian Communist Party. Ideologically a Marxist, he developed political theories known as Leninism.
On May 26, 1922, Lenin suffered a serious stroke (a loss of consciousness due to the rupture or blockage of an artery in the brain). After recovering from this first stroke, he suffered a second on December 16. He was so seriously ill that he could participate in political matters only occasionally. He moved to a country home at Gorki, Russia, near Moscow, where he died on January 21, 1924.
Here are some inspirational quotes:-
1.ON THE POWER OF ARMS
“One man with a gun can control 100 without one.”
2.ON FREEDOM
“Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.”
3.ON OPPRESSION
“Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.”
4.ON REALITY
“A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution.”
5.ON TIME
“There are decades where nothing happens; there are weeks where decades happen.”
6.ON PERFECTION
“A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie.”
7.ON POLITICS
“There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.”
8.ON INJUSTICE
“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.”
9.ON PRESS
“The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.”
