Nobody is to be blamed for being born a slave; but a slave … - Vladimir Lenin

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Nobody is to be blamed for being born a slave; but a slave who not only eschews a striving for freedom but justifies and eulogies his slavery (e.g., calls the throttling of Poland and the Ukraine, etc., a "defense of the fatherland" of the Great Russians") - such a slave is a lickspittle and a boor, who arouses a legitimate feeling of indignation, contempt, and loathing.

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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Russian: Владимир Ильич Ленин), born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ульянов) (22 April 1870 (10 April (O.S.)) – 21 January 1924) was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik communist party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union and the main theorist of Leninism. He married the revolutionary Nadezhda Krupskaya in 1898.

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Pen Names: Ленин • Ильин • Н. Ленин • Старик • К. Тулин • Lenin

Native Name: Владимир Ильич Ленин

Alternative Names: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin • Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov • Vladimir Il'ich Lenin • Vladimir Il'ich Ul'yanov • V. I. Ul'yanov • V. I. Lenin • Vladimir Ulyanov • Vladimir Ul'yanov • V. I. Ulyanov • Vl llyin • Владимир Ильич Ульянов

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