Nicolae Ceausescu

The Last Romanian Dictator?

“Stealing from capitalism is not like stealing out of our own pockets. Marx and Lenin have taught us that anything is ethical, so long as it is in the interest of the proletarian class and its world revolution.” ―Nicolae Ceauşescu
 

“Dialectical materialism works like cocaine, let's say. If you sniff it once or twice, it may not change your life. If you use it day after day, though, it will make you into an addict, a different man.” ―Nicolae Ceauşescu
 

“The foetus is the property of the entire society. Anyone avoiding having children is a deserter who abandons the laws of national continuity.” ― Nicolae Ceausescu

“Oil, Jews and Germans, are our most important export commodities.” ―Nicolae Ceauşescu
 

“As if Ceausescu and company are to bring down imperialism!! If the world waits for the Ceausescus to do such a thing, imperialism will live for tens of thousands of years...” ― Nicolae Ceauşescu
 

“Gheorghiu-Dej put more people in prison, but he had a motive. Ceausescu had no motive to do what he did. Things were worse under the last ten years of Ceausescu. It was terrible what he did.” ― Nicolae Ceauşescu
 

“After the fall of Dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanians were crazed with happiness. People who never met each other before hugged each other in the streets - convinced that tomorrow things would look different. Then came the many disappointments.” - Octavian Paler