Who said it: Ron Paul or Vladimir Lenin?

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Who Said It: Ron Paul or Lenin?

Test your knowledge of revolutionary quotes and political ideology with our intriguing quiz! Can you distinguish between the words of Ron Paul, a prominent libertarian, and Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution?

Challenge yourself and others with questions like:

Who believes in the abolition of government?
Who has thoughts on youth transforming the world?
How do they view the role of the state in society?

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Abolition of the police, the army and the bureaucracy. The salaries of all officials, all of whom are elective and displaceable at any time, not to exceed the average wage of a competent worker.

Ron Paul

Lenin

The task of a truly revolutionary party is not to declare that it is impossible to renounce all compromises, but to be able, through all compromises, when they are unavoidable, to remain true to its principles, to its class, to its revolutionary purpose, to its task of paving the way for revolution and educating the mass of the people for victory in the revolution.

Ron Paul

Lenin

Giving up on the ancient tradition of trusting in the god-kings for protection and sustenance is the real challenge.

Ron Paul

Lenin

Three keys to success: read, read, read.

Ron Paul

Lenin

Where the State exists, there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no state.

Ron Paul

Lenin

It is more pleasant and useful to go through the “experience of the revolution” than to write about it.

Ron Paul

Lenin

As long as we live beyond our means we are destined to live beneath our means.

Ron Paul

Lenin

Revolution can never be forecast; it cannot be foretold; it comes of itself. Revolution is brewing and is bound to flare up.

Ron Paul

Lenin

Our goals can only be achieved with a society that respects and equally protects the rights of every human being.

Ron Paul

Lenin

Truth is treason in the empire of lies.

Ron Paul

Lenin

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

Ron Paul

Lenin

It is, of course, much easier to shout, abuse, and howl than to attempt to relate, to explain.

Ron Paul

Lenin

One must always strive to be as radical as reality itself.

Ron Paul

Lenin

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

Ron Paul

Lenin

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

Ron Paul

Lenin

Speak up, speak often and don’t worry about those that at this point cannot understand as they can never unhear what we tell them.

Ron Paul

Lenin

Governments are determined to dehumanize the enemy. Yet it is difficult for soldiers to forget their own humanity once they look into the eyes of the enemy they’re directed to fight.

Ron Paul

Lenin

Let the revolution begin.

Ron Paul

Lenin

We do not at all disagree with the anarchists on the question of the abolition of the state as an aim.

Ron Paul

Lenin

Whenever the cause of the people is entrusted to professors, it is lost.

Ron Paul

Lenin

It is a dangerous notion that we need a government to protect us from ourselves.

Ron Paul

Lenin

When the goal of political action is no longer the defense of liberty, no word other than demagoguery can describe the despicable nature of politics.

Ron Paul

Lenin

Who said it: Ron Paul or Vladimir Lenin?

Who Said It: Ron Paul or Lenin?

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