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If Socialism can only be realized when the intellectual development of all the people permits it, then we shall not see Socialism for at least five hundred years.
Source: Speech, 27 Nov 1917; quoted in Ten Days That Shook the World, ch. 12, by John Reed, 1919.
-- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, (Apr 22 1870-1924), Russian communist leader, author; He founded the Russian Communist Party; premier, 1918-24; introduced socialist reforms.