Georgi Dimitrov > Quotes

“Fascism is able to attract masses because it demagogically appeals to their most urgent needs and demands. Fascism not only inflames prejudices that are deeply ingrained in the masses, but also plays on the better sentiments of the masses, on their sense of justice.”
― Georgi Dimitrov

“The wheel of history moves on towards Soviet Europe, towards a World Union of Soviet Republics. And neither any measures of extermination, nor prisons or death sentences will be able to stop this wheel, driven by the proletariat under the leadership of the Communist International. It moves and moves towards the final victory of Communism.”
― Georgi Dimitrov, And Yet It Moves!

“This struggle taking place in the camp of the National Front was connected with the behind-the-scenes struggle in Germany's leading economic circles. On the one hand was the Krupp-Thyssen circle (the war industry), which for many years past has supported the National Socialists; on the other hand, being gradually pushed into the background, were their opponents. Thyssen and Krupp wished to establish the principle of absolutism, a political dictatorship under their own personal direction and to substantially depress the living standards of the working class…”
― Georgi Dimitrov, And Yet It Moves!

“This example confirms once again the old truth
that it is easier to learn by heart the principles of
Marxism-Leninism than to apply them in practice as
a guide to action, correctly and in time, at every stage
of social development. For the mastery of this art, the
party leaders, at the top and at the bottom, must work
tirelessly and study diligently so that the Party shall
neither fall behind and be late in taking necessary action nor rush ahead too far.”
― Georgi Dimitrov, Selected Works