Louis Fischer Quotes

United States, Journalist
February 29, 1896 – January, 15, 1970.

Louis Fischer (29 February 1896 – 15 January 1970) was a Jewish-American journalist. Among his works were a contribution to the ex-Communist treatise The God that Failed (1949), a Life of Mahatma Gandhi (1950), basis for the Academy Award-winning film Gandhi (1982), as well as a Life of Lenin, which won the 1965 National Book Award in History and Biography.

Biography is history seen through the prism of a person.

Louis Fischer
History is the chronicle of divorces between creed and deed.

Louis Fischer
- History
- Divorce
- Deeds

Psychology and economics are Stalin's favorable winds. He is also the party 'boss.' But he is, in addition, the Soviet Union's most striking personality.

Louis Fischer
What is the secret of Stalin's unquestioned strength? He controls every wheel and screw of the party machine, which is the source of authority and power in the Soviet Union.

Louis Fischer
- Power
- Party
For dynamic energy, driving force, and discipline, the Russian Communist Party is unique the world over, perhaps even throughout history.

Louis Fischer
- World
- History
- Energy