The principle of collective leadership is elementary for a proletarian party and for a party of the Lenin type. Nevertheless, we must emphasize this old truth, because for about 20 years we have had practically no collective leadership; there flourished the cult of the individual which was condemned first by Marx and then by Lenin. And this, of course, could not but reflect negatively on the position of the party and its work.

Anastas Mikoyan

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We think we have got freedom of the press. When one millionaire has ten newspapers and ten million people have no newspapers - that is not freedom of the press.

Anastas Mikoyan

newspapers people thinking

Stalin's methods did not help. by Anastas Mikoyan

Stalin's methods did not help.

Anastas Mikoyan

method helping

Like Lenin Comrade Stalin is a leader of a higher type. He is a mountain eagle, without fear in the fight, who boldly leads the bolshevik party on unexplored roads toward the total victory of Communism.

Anastas Mikoyan

eagles party fighting

If Stalin could only see us now, with the American Ambassador her... by Anastas Mikoyan

If Stalin could only see us now, with the American Ambassador here, he'd turn in his grave.

Anastas Mikoyan

ambassadors turns graves

All peoples enjoy freedom, and freedom for the development of their culture... There is no Jewish problem in the Soviet Union at all... I have many friends who are Jews.

Anastas Mikoyan

unions development culture

We are watching the Germans closely; we are not forgetting what t... by Anastas Mikoyan

We are watching the Germans closely; we are not forgetting what they did to us during the war.

Anastas Mikoyan

forget war

While Zinoviev is in the majority he is for iron discipline.... When he is in the minority... he is against it.

Anastas Mikoyan

iron majority discipline