Quotation by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

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(1920), repr. in Collected Works, vol. 31 (1966)(1920), published in Selected Works, vol. 7 (1937)attributed in Soviet Communism: A New Civilisation? Sidney and Beatrice Webb (1936)Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (1916)Letters From Afar (1917)

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The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924), Russian revolutionary leader. What Is To Be Done? ch. 2, sct. A (1902).

The pamphlet's title was originally the title of N.G. Chernyshevsky's novel of 1863, which expounded the author's ideas of true revolutionary practise, and was later regarded as a classic in the Soviet Union.

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