8.

[I]n certain conditions, the class

struggle assumes the form of armed

conflict and civil war. There are

times when the interests of the

proletariat (working class) call for

ruthless extermination of its

enemies in open armed clashes.

• Vladimir Lenin, 1908
  

A revolution is not a dinner

party, or writing an essay, or

painting a picture, or doing

embroidery. A revolution is

an...act of violence by which

one class overthrows

another.

• Mao Zedong, 1927
  

Based on these excerpts, which conviction did Lenin and Mao share?