Quotes about how a person can do anything. Phrases allegedly spoken by famous people

There is a person - there is a problem, there is no person - there is no problem
Erroneously attributed to J.V. Stalin: there is no evidence that he ever said or wrote anything similar.
This phrase is from the novel “Children of Arbat” (1987) by Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov (1911 - 1998). This is how J.V. Stalin speaks about the execution of military experts in Tsaritsyn in 1918: “Death solves all problems. There is no person, and there is no problem.” Later, in his “Novel-Memoir” (1997), A. Rybakov himself wrote that he “may have heard this phrase from someone, perhaps he came up with it himself.” This was the Stalinist principle. I just formulated it briefly."

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A lot of people in Russia who are interested in history have seen this cover of TIME magazine. Moreover, I am sure that it is shown as evidence in all sorts of disputes, both by Stalin’s opponents and his supporters.

Translation: "Critics say his collectivization program killed millions. He replies, 'There is no man.' No problem." Is he serious or is he joking?"

In all the above TIME magazines, there was nothing bad about Joseph Stalin.

Why was it necessary to create a fake cover?

Judging by appearance- the fake has a later design of the magazine - it was created after the death of the dictator. The answer lies in a cruel phrase allegedly attributed to Stalin: “There is no man. No problem".

Stalin never said this phrase.

It was invented by Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov for his book “Children of Arbat”, the book was published in 1987, and the author finished it 20 years before publication:

“In one of my articles, which he especially liked, I reproduced Stalin’s famous aphorism: “There is a man, there is a problem. No person - no problem! Anatoly Naumovich glared: where did Stalin say this? In which of your works? Or in a note? Or in what speech?

I thought about it. He answered like this: knowing a little about Stalin’s psychology, I assume and am even sure that he never publicly spoke these exact words. And I didn’t write. He was a great actor in politics and would not allow himself to reveal his essence. He could allow himself such frankness only in a very narrow circle of his “comrades-in-arms,” or rather, lackeys. Where did I read this? Yes, it's kind of vague. Hangs in the air. A lot of where. In memoirs... In journalism. This phrase has become a kind of cliche to denote that era.

So you don't remember exactly where?

Absolutely not.

“So that’s it,” cried Anatoly Naumovich with youthful liveliness, “I came up with it myself!” For the first time in “Children of the Arbat,” Stalin utters this phrase. I composed it and put it in Stalin’s mouth! I wrote this novel 20 years before its publication in 1987. And from there she went for a walk, and no one remembers where she came from. I, I am the author of this aphorism. And now - no one remembers or knows...

There was undisguised bitterness in the last words.”

"Children of the Arbat".... What different reviews did this book receive, for example Reagan:

We applaud Gorbachev for bringing Sakharov back from exile, for publishing Pasternak’s novels “Doctor Zhivago” and Rybakov’s “Children of the Arbat”.

And a review by Joseph Brodsky:

"Question:

— What do you think about the publication of Rybakov’s book “Children of the Arbat”?

Brodsky:

- What can I think about waste paper?

— But the book is fantastically popular?

Brodsky:

“Is it really so rare for waste paper to be popular?”

But how can you prove what didn’t happen? How can I give a striking example of an excellent slogan that fits so well on the ear and so clearly characterizes the cruelty of a leader?

No documents.

It doesn’t matter, we come up with a cover from 1933, draw it, write a non-existent phrase and everything is proven, you can’t go to the TIME website, you can’t check it, and then it stuck, it’s ingrained at the subconscious level - I saw it somewhere in authoritative publications, and there is no need to check - even when you have full access. That's how it is.

How many times have there been quotes on the Internet allegedly spoken by famous people!

1. The most common lie is that Stalin allegedly said: “ the death of one person is death, but the death of millions is just a statistic.” I find this even on English-language sites.

This phrase was written by a writer Erich Maria Remarque in the novel "Black obelisk“: “It’s strange, I think, how many people were killed during the war - everyone knows that two million died senselessly and profitably - so why now are we so excited about one death, and have almost forgotten about those two million? But apparently it always happens like this: the death of one person is death, but the death of two million is just a statistic.”

Who and in what decade began to claim that the IVS said this is unknown, but it is very interesting.

2. " Death solves all problems. No man, no problem" Again supposedly Stalin.

This phrase was written by the well-known Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov(at one time he was convicted of counter-revolutionary agitation and propaganda) in the novel “ Children of Arbat».

From A.N. Rybakov’s conversation with A.N. Yakovlev we learn the following: “And yet you are prejudiced towards Stalin. I even underlined here and there with a pencil... I understand, of course, you have fiction, but your novel reads like real story as if these historical figures really said so. I was struck by one phrase of Stalin. He orders the shooting of white officers, they object to him: it’s illegal, there will be problems. Stalin replies: “Death solves all problems. No person - no problem." Where did Stalin say this? There is no such thing in his writings. I asked one specialist on Stalin: “Maybe this is in someone’s memories of Stalin?” He replied: " Nowhere, Rybakov came up with it himself" Risky, I must say... Such words! " Death solves all problems. No person - no problem" This means kill and be done with it! This is a cannibalistic philosophy. Did you really invent this phrase yourself and attribute it to Stalin? - Perhaps I heard it from someone, perhaps I came up with it myself. So what? Did Stalin act differently? Did you convince your opponents? No, he exterminated them... “No man - no problem...” This was the Stalinist principle. I just formulated it briefly. It's the artist's right.»

3. “Let 90% of the Russian people die, if only 10% survive to see the world revolution” V.I. Lenin.

There are disputes online that Lenin, Trotsky, and the white émigré Terne allegedly said this in their book.

Actually, it was written by (a novelist again) Vladimir Soloukhin in the novel " In the light of day": Lenin accepted this moral support from his accomplices and himself led this terror, appointing the stray Pole Dzerzhinsky as chairman of the Cheka, who did not love Russia just like the leader of the proletariat. Lenin was once warned: "It may begin Civil War..." "- What are you afraid of? This is not about our struggle with the army, but about the struggle of one part of the army with another."

The bloodiest, most terrible page in Russian history began. It was then that Vladimir Ilyich abandoned catchphrase: Let 90% of the Russian people die, if only 10% survive to see the world revolution.

It was then that Dzerzhinsky’s deputy Latsis (who also did not have to love Russia) published in the newspaper “Red Terror” on November 1, 1918 a kind of instruction to all his subordinates: “We are not waging war against individuals,” Latsis wrote, “we are exterminating the bourgeoisie as Class..."

I. Stalin stated that: “There is a person - there is a problem. No person, no problem.” This myth is used to point out Stalin's cruelty and disregard for human life.

Examples of using

“The inexorable and reliable principle like an ice pick: “no man, no problem” did not allow Trotsky to finish the book.” .

At times they try to give the quote “credibility” by pointing out that the supposed statement was known back in the 1950s: “In the 50s, one of his aphoristic phrases was allegedly passed from mouth to mouth: “If there is a person, there is a problem, if there is no person, there is no problem.”” .

It is also used in political polemics, trying to show the “affinity” of Stalinism and the regime criticized by the author: “Alexander Grigorievich Stalin: “No man, no problem”…”

Reality

Stalin never said anything like this. This statement was invented by the writer A. Rybakov and attributed it to Stalin in his book “Children of the Arbat”:

“In one of my articles, which he especially liked, I reproduced Stalin’s famous aphorism: “There is a man, there is a problem. No person - no problem! Anatoly Naumovich glared: where did Stalin say this? In which of your works? Or in a note? Or in what speech?

I thought about it. He answered like this: knowing a little about Stalin’s psychology, I assume and am even sure that he never publicly spoke these exact words. And I didn’t write. He was a great actor in politics and would not allow himself to reveal his essence. He could allow himself such frankness only in a very narrow circle of his “comrades-in-arms,” or rather, lackeys. Where did I read this? Yes, it's kind of vague. Hangs in the air. A lot of where. In memoirs... In journalism. This phrase has become a kind of cliche to denote that era.

So you don't remember exactly where?

Absolutely not.

“So that’s it,” cried Anatoly Naumovich with youthful liveliness, “I came up with it myself!” For the first time in “Children of the Arbat,” Stalin utters this phrase. I composed it and put it in Stalin’s mouth! I wrote this novel 20 years before its publication in 1987. And from there she went for a walk, and no one remembers where she came from. I, I am the author of this aphorism. And now - no one remembers or knows...

There was undisguised bitterness in the last words.”

Juga. I don’t understand why we stand on ceremony for so long with this bastard Tito, with this “communist”. His fingers are studded with precious diamond rings and he dresses up dozens of times a day in the most expensive suits. Tito climbed to live on a small island in the Mediterranean Sea - Brijuni. He built a luxurious palace there with the money of the mendicant Yugoslav people. One unmarked bomber from Albanian territory - and there is no palace, no American-British agent Tito. There is a person - there is a problem, there is no person - there is no problem.

Stalin. Let us remember once and for all: we are not adventurers. Your proposal smacks of Socialist-Revolutionaryism a mile away. There will be no Tito, there will be another in his place. Individual terror is not the answer.

"No person - no problem"

The famous “Stalinist” saying was invented by the writer Anatoly Rybakov, as he has repeatedly admitted. Here is a fragment from Rybakov’s conversation with the main perestroika ideologist Alexander Yakovlev:

«[ Yakovlev:] I understand, of course, your work is fiction, but your novel reads like a real story, as if these historical figures really said so. I was struck by one phrase of Stalin. He orders the shooting of white officers, they object to him: it’s illegal, there will be problems. Stalin replies: “Death solves all problems. No person - no problem." Where did Stalin say this? There is no such thing in his writings.

I asked one specialist on Stalin: “Perhaps this is in someone’s memories of Stalin?” He replied: “Nowhere, Rybakov came up with it himself.” Risky, I must say... Such words! “Death solves all problems. No person - no problem.” This means kill and be done with it! This is a cannibalistic philosophy. Did you really invent this phrase yourself and attribute it to Stalin?

[ Rybakov:] Perhaps I heard it from someone, perhaps I came up with it myself. So what? Did Stalin act differently? Did you convince your opponents? No, he exterminated them... “No man, no problem...” This was Stalin’s principle. I just formulated it briefly. This is the artist's right."

Here Anatoly Naumovich is still flirting: they say, maybe he heard it somewhere, or maybe he came up with it himself. But in an interview with Irina Rishina, the writer is no longer shy:

« I.R.: This perfectly corresponds to the famous Stalinist postulate, composed by you: “Death solves all problems. No person - no problem".

A.R.: Can you imagine, I found these words in the book “Russian Political Quotes”. They, however, had a note - “attributed to.” I then became very proud of myself - this is the aphorism I came up with. (Laughs)."