“* *Do remember that dishonesty and cowardice always have to be paid for.*Don’t imagine that for years on end you can make… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“He who does not cry out the truth when he knows the truth becomes the accomplice of the liars and falsifiers.” — Victor Serge Copy Share Image
“Returning to Washington,FDR declared that Yalta Conference had put and end to the kind of balance-of-power divisions that had long marred global… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
“Tadas was sent to the principal today," announced Jonas at dinner. He wedged a huge piece of sausage into his small mouth.… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
“ Joseph Stalin was a great man; few other men of the 20th century approach his stature. He was simple, calm and… — W.E.B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
Stalin had 15 scenic seaside villas, some of them czarist palaces, on the Black Sea coast of Abkhazia. In 2002, I visited… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
“For twenty-five years I've been speaking and writing in defense of your right to happiness in this world, condemning your inability to… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
“[Jürgen Habermas' obituary to friend and philosopher, Richard Rorty] One small autobiographical piece by Rorty bears the title 'Wild Orchids and Trotsky.'… — Jürgen Habermas Copy Share Image
In 1948 the first severe crash occurred in my life when Stalin put out his decree on 'formalism.' There was a bulletin… — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
“The quotation falsely attributed to Stalin, 'One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic,' gets the numbers wrong but… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me - I spoke with him… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
“Stalin was the most audible and powerful spokesman in the campaign against what he contemptuously called uravnilovka (leveling). His hostility - voiced… — Stites Richard Copy Share Image
No, the people standing before Christ and Pilate during the judgment scene do not condemn an entire race for the death of… — Jim Caviezel Copy Share Image
I think I must be the only British actor who's played both Stalin and Trotsky. I need to play Lenin so I… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
“It is less appealing, but morally more urgent, to understand the actions of the perpetrators. The moral danger, after all, is never… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son [Stalin], so that everyone who believes in… — Austin 3:16 Copy Share Image
Under Stalin, artists weren't dissidents; all they hoped was to survive and write. — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
“This absolute lack of objectivity might be said to resemble nothing so much as the lack of objectivity these same people had… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
“What people still do not like to admit is that there were two crimes in the form of one. Just as the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The statues of Lenin and Stalin are down, but the fight against their ghosts seems harder. — Octavian Paler Copy Share Image
“Stalin had developed an interesting new theory: that resistance to socialism increases as its successes mount, because its foes resist with greater… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“Stalin perceived the world in stark black and white. In the same way, he divided people, nations, actions, and ideas into only… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
