Break Up Quotes
Vladimir Lenin. Lenin’s argument seems reasonable, except if there is one party, and all privileges of the society require party membership as was the case in Soviet Russia, then anyone who speaks or writes contrary to party doctrine, can lose almost everything but his life if he is then ejected from the party. So freedom of speech became a stated principle which in Russia was a practical myth. Under Stalin, he didn’t even follow any principle of freedom of speech, and many Russians lost their lives for what they said.