Bureaucracy Quote by Leon Trotsky

Stalinism is linked with a cult of personality and massive violations of the law, with repression and camps. There is nothing like that in…

— Vladimir Putin

I consider him Stalin one of the greatest persons in the history of mankind. In the history of Russia he was, in my opinion,…

— Alexander Zinoviev

Joseph Stalin is a titan of thought. His name is to be given to an entire century.

— Palmiro Togliatti

In all spheres of modern life the influence of Stalin reaches wide and deep. From his last simply written but vastly discerning and comprehensive…

— Paul Robeson

I don't advocate Stalinist monolithic state structures any more than I advocate capitalistic monoliths. Unfortunately, human society tends to the monolithic, whether you go…

— Robyn Hitchcock

Stalin is the most popular figure in all of Russia.

— Vladimir Putin

Like Lenin Comrade Stalin is a leader of a higher type. He is a mountain eagle, without fear in the fight, who boldly leads…

— Anastas Mikoyan

“Marxism in the Soviet Union had been boiled down to the understanding that people—Soviet citizens—were shaped entirely by their society and the material conditions…

— Masha Gessen

“The Soviet state was, in fact, almost perfectly designed to make people unhappy. It denied its citizens not just hope, but also trust. Every…

— Oliver Bullough

“Stalin is one of the most extraordinary figures in world history. He began as a small clerk, and he has never stopped being a…

— Adolf Hitler

Stalinism is a pathology of socialism, Hitlerism being the apposite example for capitalism.

— Robert Heilbroner

“Once in power, Stalin’s campaign to succeed Lenin required a legitimate heroic career which he did not possess because of his experience in what…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore