When we are victorious on a world scale I think we shall use gold for …

Vladimir Lenin
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When we are victorious on a world scale I think we shall use gold for the purpose of building public lavatories in the streets of some of the largest cities of the world. ✨ The Importance Of Gold Now And After The Complete Victory Of Socialism. Pravda No. 251, November 6-7, 1921. Collected Works, Volume 33, pages 109-116, www.marxists.org.
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