Nicolae Ceaușescu: Quotes about life

Nicolae Ceaușescu was General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party. Explore interesting quotes on life.

Nicolae Ceaușescu: 26 quotes 2 likes

“We want to ensure a multilateral development of society, the thriving of all sides of social life, economy, science and culture, the improvement of management, the moulding of the new man and the promotion of socialist ethics and equity.”

Nicolae Ceaușescu

Nicolae Ceaușescu, Builder of Modern Romania and International Statesman (1983)

Life , Science

“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 Ceaușescu

Source: Red Horizons: Chronicles of a Communist Spy Chief, p. 25

Life , Change

“It is a lie that I made the people starve. A lie, a lie in my face. This shows how little patriotism there is, how many treasonable offenses were committed.… At no point was there such an upswing, so much construction, so much consolidation in the Romanian provinces. I guaranteed that every village has its schools, hospitals and doctors. I have done everything to create a decent and rich life for the people in the country, like in no other country in the world.”

Nicolae Ceaușescu

Statements at trial http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Transcript_of_the_closed_trial_of_Nicolae_and_Elena_Ceau%C5%9Fescu (25 December 1989)

Life , People , Lie , World