To decide once every few years which members of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament — this is the real essence of bourgeois parliamentarism, not only in parliamentary- constitutional monarchies, but also in the most democratic republics.


Collected Works, Vol. 25, p. 381–492.

Vladimir Lenin Quotes

To decide once every few years which members of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament — this is the real essence...

To decide once every few years which members of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament — this is the real essence...

To decide once every few years which members of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament — this is the real essence...

To decide once every few years which members of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament — this is the real essence...