Robert Conquest quotes

Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands. (Robert Conquest)
To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault. View quote
Robert Conquest
The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies. View quote
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Truth can thus only percolate in the form of hearsay. View quote
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On political matters basically the best, though not infallible, source is rumor ... View quote
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There was an old bastard named Lenin Who did two or three million men in. That's a lot to have done in But where he did one in That old bastard Stalin did ten in. View quote
Robert Conquest