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Europeans have sometimes been beguiled by a despotism that comes concealed in the seductive form of an ideal – as it did in the cases… — Kenneth Minogue
To say "I accept" in an age like our own is to say that you accept concentration-camps, rubber truncheons, Hitler, Stalin, bombs, aeroplanes, tinned food,… — George Orwell
We believe in the power of 21st-century international norms. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes in the power of lies and brute force, and implicitly asks,… — Rich Lowry
Monsters, among other brutes, are the ones without guilt feelings. Perhaps Hitler did not have any, or Himmler, or Stalin. Maybe Mafia bosses do not… — Pope Benedict XVI
I can deal with Stalin. He is honest, but smart as hell. — Harry S. Truman
Transcending class distinctions, the speaker [Stalin] portrays the relation between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat as a mere division of labor. The workers and soldiers… — Leon Trotsky
He watched through a crack inside just pretending to be dead he wanted to fix each pallbearer in his memory . . . it seems… — Yevgeny Yevtushenko
I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence… — W. Averell Harriman
Responding to the question "If Mr. Stalin dies, what will be the effect on international affairs?" That is a good question for you to ask,… — Anthony Eden
The usual terminology of political language is stupid. What is 'left' and what is 'right'? Why should Hitler be 'right' and Stalin, his temporary friend,… — Ludwig von Mises
Over all, there are now more people under “correctional supervision” in America-more than six million-than were in the Gulag Archipelago under Stalin at its height. — Adam Gopnik
Show me where Stalin is buried and I'll show you a Communist Plot. — Edgar Bergen
Is a lifelong student of the world's wisdom literature, it is my duty to inform students that ridding the world of evil is a goal… — David James Duncan
Give people pride and they'll live on bread and water, bless their exploiters, and even die for them. Self-surrender is a transaction of barter: we… — Eric Hoffer
We became convinced that, regardless of Stalin's awful brutality and his reign of terror, he was a great war leader. Without Stalin, they never would… — W. Averell Harriman
The theory of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin is universally applicable. We should regard it not as a dogma, but as a guide to action.… — Mao Zedong
Walter Duranty helped to turn the monster Stalin into a world figure and a hero of the leftistWestern intelligentsia by defending the bloodbath of the… — Lance Morrow
I remain convinced that for Stalin to have complete centralized power in his hands, he found it necessary to physically destroy the second-largest Soviet republic,… — James Mace
I know they say (Stalin) killed 20, 30, 40 million people. It's bullsh*t. (I have yet to find) one crime that Stalin committed. — Grover Furr
There's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta. — W. Averell Harriman
And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God.… — Peter Steele
Asked if Stalin was an antisemite, Robert Conquest replied: Yes, but it hardly noticed. He was broadly and generously anti-human. — John Derbyshire
Remind me: who was the greater mass murderer, Stalin or Hitler? Well, Stalin is thought to have been responsible for about 50 million deaths, and… — Boris Johnson
The International Brigade was not formed to protect freedom and democracy. It was founded as a tool of of the Comintern, to promote the interests… — Kevin Myers
Men like Hitler and Stalin and their immediate lieutenants cannot plead in defence of their actions that these were justified by the accepted values of… — Douglas Hurd

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