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?