So long as the State exists, there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will… — Vladimir Lenin

So long as the State exists, there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State.

In the original Russian

Пока есть государство, нет свободы. Когда будет свобода, не будет государства.

State and Revolution · 1917
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Provenance
Current citation
Lenin, Vladimir. "The State and Revolution." Essential Works of Lenin, edited by Henry M. Christman. Dover Publications, 1987, ch. 5, sect. 4.
Original citation
Lenin, Vladimir. Государство и революция [The State and Revolution]. Progress Publishers, 1917, ch. 5, sect. 4.