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Stepan Bandera
13 quotes
“The OUN values the cost of living of its members, very much; but our idea in our notion is so majestic that when it comes to its realization, not one, not hundreds, but millions of victims must be dedicated in order to realize it.”
Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the jury in Lwów (1936)
“When the people choose bread between bread and freedom, they eventually lose everything, including bread. If the people choose freedom, they will have bread grown by themselves and not taken away by anyone.”
Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even the best opportunities and readiness to help will not give up if the nation itself does not fight and forge its own destiny by its own struggle.”
Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) first seen 1950 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: World War III and the Liberation Struggle" (1950)
“In every ideological or political movement, the two most important components play an important role: the idea and the person. Leading ideas and worldviews in the ideological movement and guiding program decisions in the political - create the "soul", the essence, the inner meaning of the movement. People who recognize, disseminate and implement ideas and programs and for that purpose take an active part in the movement - create its living, active organism.”
Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) first seen 1954 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Idea and Man in the Ideological Movement" (1954)
“Creation, formation of personnel for the liberation struggle - this is the most important, the main task of the whole revolutionary process.”
Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) first seen 1953 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the Question of the Main Cadres of the National Liberation Revolution" (1953)
“The ideological and political work of each political factor must be direct and immediate. In national life, each environment must perform its inherent function within such limits, forms and means that it can achieve on its own and which correspond to its real influences in Ukrainian society. Every serious environment must operate under all internal and external conditions, regardless of other factors.”
Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: For a Complete Political Structure" (1958)
“Faith strengthens the forces of the soul the most. Through true and deep faith in God, the Savior, each person and the entire nation is able to continually draw from the eternally living source as much strength as their souls can perceive.”
Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an Inexhaustible Source" (1957)
“The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists with organizes and leads the fight of the Ukrainian people develops its activity in Ukraine as well as abroad, primarily in those western countries where the Ukrainian emigration has settled.”
Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Ukrainian people takes up an extremely hostile attitude towards Bolshevism, communism, communist system and regime. It also takes a hostile attitude towards all the kinds of enslavement and exploitation of Ukraine by Russian imperialists. There is only a small number of Ukrainian fellow travelers of the Bolshevik regime who take up another attitude towards it. The revolutionary anti-Bolshevik fight of the Ukrainian liberation movement is the true spokesman of the attitude and aspiration of the Ukrainian people.”
Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The ultimate end of the Bolshevik policy is to destroy the peculiar substance of the Ukrainian people in every respect, and to drown the Ukrainian people in the sea of the so-called Soviet people or, rather, in the modern form of the Russian imperialism devouring other people. In this way, the Ukraine would allegedly turn into one of the Russian provinces. However, the Bolsheviks dare not speak openly of that end and pursue it in a straight way. On the contrary, they are compelled to apply very complicated means, and even to retreat in some fields.”
Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the hearts of the Ukrainians, there is no feeling of hate toward the allied nations. On the contrary, they wish all the people to unite in their common fight against the enslaver, Russian Bolshevism.”
Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The name “Ukrainian nationalist” is consonant with “Ukrainian patriot” who is ready to fight for freedom of his people, to sacrifice for his people everything he has, even his life.”
Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Ukrainian liberation fight is a component of the general liberation fight of all peoples enslaved by Russian imperialism. In our opinion, Bolshevism is only one of the forms of the traditional Russian imperialism. In our fight against the Russian-Bolshevik imperialism, we consider ourselves an ally of all the freedom-loving nations. We offered resistance to the Russian-Bolshevik imperialism in the past, we are opposing it now and we shall oppose it in the future.”
Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source