Oleg V. Khlevniuk Quotes
At The End Of His Life, Stalin Was At The Pinnacle Of His Power. His Authority Was Unassailable And Not Under Threat From Any Source. But He Did Not Feel That Way. Like Other Dictators, He Never Stopped Fighting For Power And Never Quite Trusted His Subjects. The Methods He Used In His Never-ending Battle For Power Were Universal And Simple. They Included The Elimination Of Any Potential Threat From Within His Inner Circle, Unrelenting Oversight Of The Secret Police, The Encouragement Of Competition And Mutual Control Among The Various Components Of Government, And The Mobilization Of Society Against Perceived Enemies Both Internal And External.
Related Authors
- Bill Gutman
- Candy Chang
- Catherine Dunne
- Charlie Pierce
- Dori Lavelle
- Edwin Rolfe
- Elena Brower
- Geoff Page
- Maxine Greene
- Ronald E. Yates
- Tina McKeon
- Torquato Tasso
Related Topics
-
Quotes About Letting Things Go You Can't Control
The little box that was given to me was by no means unique. I'd heard of prayer boxes, and I knew what they were for. ... Any scrap of paper — Lisa Wingate
-
Quotes About Sexism At Work
I later became more interested in equal rights for women in the work place because of what was happening at IBM. One of the women at Remington Rand had previously — Jean Jennings Bartik
-
Quotes About Elections Democracy
My father once told me that American democracy is a people's democracy at heart, and that it therefore can be as great as the American people, or as fallible. It — George Takei
-
Rusty Spoons Quotes
Well, let's all get maudlin, shall we? George, stop on the way and get us some red-hot pokers to put out our eyes. Oh, and while you're at it, I — Sherrilyn Kenyon
-
State Of Florida Quotes
Florida has its own rhythm, too. People go to work, they watch their children learn and grow and start families of their own. They play in the sun and pass — Jeb Bush