Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “The surest way to destroy a nation is to debauch its currency.” ~ Vladimir Ilyich Lenin [Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov] (1870-1924) First Leader of the Soviet UnionSource: False quote. Paraphrased by John Maynard Keynes in The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) http://blog.skepticallibertarian.com/2013/04/15/fake-quote-files-v-i-lenin-on-inflation-and-taxation