There is a "quotation" from Lenin that I can't confirm -- but he should
have said it if he didn't: "The three revolutionary virtues are One
Patience Two Patience and Three Patience."

Passed on to me by a friend -- probably doubtful, but I like it.

Carrol

socialismorbarbarism wrote:
> 
> Louis Proyect: "He never said anything about parsnips actually, ..."
> 
> V. I. Lenin, "Fine Words Butter No Parsnips"
> 
> http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1905/jan/14b.htm
> 
> That took about 3 seconds using the marxists.org search field, seeing
> as the phrase "parsnips" isn't very common.
> 
> Maybe it's a bad translation?
> 
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Carrol Cox wrote:
> >> It may make leftists feel cozy in their superior knwoledge, but as Lenin
> >> would say, it doesn't butter any parsnips.
> >
> > He never said anything about parsnips actually, nor did he say
> ...
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