“The bourgeois court, which claimed to maintain order, but which, as a matter of fact, was a blind, subtle instrument for the ruthless suppression of the exploited, and an instrument for protecting the interests of the moneybags.”

— Vladimir Lenin

Collected Works, Vol. 26, pp. 453–482.
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Russian politician, led the October Revolution 1870–1924

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