We would be deceiving both ourselves and the people if we concealed from the masses the necessity of a desperate, bloody war of extermination, as the immediate task of the coming revolutionary action.
Vladimir LeninNo Marxist can deny that the interests of socialism are higher than the interests of the right of nations to self-determination.
Vladimir LeninIn the end, one or the other will triumph - a funeral dirge will be sung over the Soviet republic or over world capitalism.
Vladimir Lenin