The skill of Lenin simply cannot be overestimated. He introduced into human relations a new dimension of evil and depravity not surpassed by Genghis Khan or Attila. His concept of Party supremacy, girded by ruthless and ironclad discipline, gave communism a fanaticism and an immorality that shocked Western civilization. Countless individuals, some in high places, simply did not believe that men could behave as did the Bolsheviks; that brutality, terror, and the utter meaninglessness of human dignity could be a policy of state. But that was the contention, and the legacy, of Lenin. Underlying all of Lenin’s thoughts and actions was the use of naked force to achieve Party ends. He held that there could be no permanent coexistence between communists and noncommunists. The latter must be liquidated, by force if necessary. “Marxists have never forgotten that violence will be an inevitable accompaniment of the collapse of capitalism on its full scale and of the birth of a socialist society.” Dictatorship is power based directly upon force and unrestricted by any laws. * * * * * The dictatorship of the proletariat is necessary, and victory over the bourgeoisie is impossible without a long, stubborn and desperate war of life and death.... * * * * * As long as capitalism and socialism exist, we cannot live in peace: in the end, one or the other will triumph—a funeral dirge will be sung either over the Soviet Republic or over world capitalism. Lenin liked to use the word “ruthless,” which is a clue to his thinking: There is still too little of that ruthlessness which is indispensable for the success of socialism.... * * * * * ... capitalism cannot be defeated and eradicated without the ruthless suppression of the resistance of the exploiters.... * * * * * Contempt for death must spread among the masses and thus secure victory ... the ruthless extermination of the enemy will be their task.... This is the Lenin who has always been hailed by the Moscow ruling hierarchy as the guiding genius of communism in Russia and in this country. In fact, with the downgrading of Stalin, Lenin became increasingly extolled in Russia as the “guide to communist action.” Nikita Khrushchev, speaking before the Twentieth Congress of the Russian Communist Party in February, 1956, stated categorically: The central committee has always and undeviatingly been guided by Lenin’s teachings on the party. * * * * * Lenin taught us that a line based on principle is the only correct line. Never to deviate a single step in anything from the interests of the party.... * * * * * We must be guided by these wise injunctions of Lenin in all our activity.