Alexander Dubček quotes

Alexander Dubček was a Slovak politician best known for leading Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring. His efforts focused on liberalizing the communist regime and promoting "socialism with a human face." He became a symbol of hope for reform and resistance against oppression. Here are 7 of his quotes:

I can only say, think of me what you will, I have worked for thirty years in the Party, and my whole family has devoted everything to the affairs of the Party, the affairs of socialism.

Alexander Dubček

After Barbarossa and Pearl Harbor, the war tide slowly turned against the Axis.

Alexander Dubček

Let whatever is going to happen to me happen. I'm expecting the worst for myself and I'm resigned to it.

Alexander Dubček

Spring and summer 1942 was probably the worst period of internal terror in Slovakia. It was also the time of mass deportation of Slovak Jews to the extermination camps in Poland.

Alexander Dubček

What has made this whole process so special is that above all - especially in terms of the pace of change – it has been determined by the creative and spontaneous activity of the broad mass of the people, with the communists in the vanguard. In this spirit and in accord with the plenary session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, people have acted without the slightest manipulation and without being given commands from above. The role of the party is to recognize people's understanding, to raise it to a higher plane, to support progressive thinking and acts.

Alexander Dubček

In the first day of the Soviet Army's arrival, I and the other comrades were isolated and then found ourselves here, not knowing anything... I can only conjecture what could have happened.

Alexander Dubček