Robert Conquest quotes

Robert Conquest was a British historian, poet, and writer, renowned for his works on Soviet history. His book "The Great Terror" helped expose the scale of Stalinist repression and mass atrocities. He is remembered as one of the most influential chroniclers of the Soviet regime's crimes. Here are 6 of his quotes:

Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands. (Robert Conquest)
To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault. View quote
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The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies. View quote
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Truth can thus only percolate in the form of hearsay. View quote
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On political matters basically the best, though not infallible, source is rumor ... View quote
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There was an old bastard named Lenin Who did two or three million men in. That's a lot to have done in But where he did one in That old bastard Stalin did ten in. View quote
Robert Conquest

Robert Conquest

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Occupation: British Historian
Born: July 15, 1917
Died: August 3, 2015
Quotes count: 6
Wikipedia: Robert Conquest

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