“In Lenin I honor a man, who in total sacrifice of his own pe…”

“In Lenin I honor a man, who in total sacrifice of his own person has committed his entire energy to realizing social justice. I do not find his methods advisable. One thing is certain, however: men like him are the guardians and renewers [Erneuerer] of mankind's conscience.”

— Albert Einstein

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Title: Wikiquote: Albert Einstein
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Quoted in Einstein on Politics, Princeton University Press, 2013, ISBN 9781400848287.

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