- 周五 8月 25, 2023 1:10 pm
#524
In 2006, Wikiquote dug up such a source: The Memoirs of Stalin's Former Secretary by Boris Bazhanov, published in 2002. Translated from the Russian, the version which, according to Bazhanov, was uttered in 1923 by Stalin in reference to a vote in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was this:
"I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this — who will count the votes, and how."
The quote is a rough match for the words commonly attributed to Stalin, with the notable difference that the context is quite specific. Stalin wasn't speaking of elections and voting in general. He was speaking of a particular vote by a particular body.
Another Joseph:
1:30处
[media]https://www.c-span.org/video/standalone ... tic-caucus[/media]
"I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this — who will count the votes, and how."
The quote is a rough match for the words commonly attributed to Stalin, with the notable difference that the context is quite specific. Stalin wasn't speaking of elections and voting in general. He was speaking of a particular vote by a particular body.
Another Joseph:
1:30处
[media]https://www.c-span.org/video/standalone ... tic-caucus[/media]
