I think the earliest documented version of this quote (1955 October 31, The Commonwealth: Official Journal of the Commonwealth Club of California) is more intriguing:
Lenin wrote, “When it comes time to hang the capitalists, they will vie with each other for the rope contract.”
I think the earliest documented version of this quote (1955 October 31, The Commonwealth: Official Journal of the Commonwealth Club of California) is more intriguing:
—Major George Racey Jordan