Joseph Stalin Quote

The confidence of the people in the worker-directors of the economy is a great thing, Comrades. The leaders come and go, but the people remain. Only the people are immortal, everything else is ephemeral. That is why it is necessary to appreciate the full value of the confidence of the people.

Address to the Reception of Directors and Stakhanovites of the Metal Industry and the Coal Mining Industry (29 October 1937)