Quote#World
In no country in the world are the majority of the population…
Quote byVladimir Lenin · 1870–1924
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The War and Russian Social-Democracy (September 1914), The Lenin Anthology.
English (original)
In no country in the world are the majority of the population oppressed so much as in Russia; Great Russians constitute only 43 per cent of the population, i.e., less than half; the non-Russians are denied all rights.
— Vladimir Lenin
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