I think I must be the only British actor who's played both Stalin and Trotsky. I need to play Lenin so I can make it a triptych.

- Brian Cox

Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live.

- Kim Il-sung

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

- Ronald Reagan