Vasily Grossman: Quotes about people

Vasily Grossman was Soviet writer and journalist who originally trained as an engineer. Explore interesting quotes on people.
Vasily Grossman: 44   quotes 4   likes

“There are people whose souls have just withered, people who are willing to go along with anything evil - anything so as not to be suspected of disagreeing with whoever is in power.”

Vasily Grossman book Life and Fate

Source: Life and Fate

People , Soul , Evil

“Our Soviet writer must be guided in his world only by the need of the people, useful for the society.”

Vasily Grossman

1960s

People , World

“Your book contains direct analogies between us and the Hitlerite fascists. You book incorrectly describes our people, communists. Could we have won the war with the kind of people you describe? In your book you say positive things about religion, God, Catholicism. Your book defends Trotsky. You book is full of doubts about the legitimacy of our Soviet system.”

Vasily Grossman

1960s

God , War , People , Books

“We would only multiply the number of victims. Our duty is to strengthen the state and defend the people, why, then, should we publish your book.”

Vasily Grossman

1960s

People , Books