Notable Enver Hoxha Quotes

While Enver Hoxha is not the most revered leader of all time, he was no doubt a man of vision. He shaped Albania's future with policies influenced by controversial Marxist ideas. He took a country that was crippled after World War II by German and Italian occupation, and made revolutionary gains which greatly improved the welfare of the state. While brutal Stalinist tactics and isolationism accompanied these gains, it is impossible not to note the wisdom and courage, which Enver Hoxha showed while he rose from school teacher to Albania's first Communist head of government. Let these quotes shed light on a figure who never stopped defending his beliefs.

Hoxha and Joseph Stalin

"Did Stalin make mistakes? Of course he did. In so long a period filled with heroism, trials, struggle, triumphs, it is inevitable not only for Joseph Stalin personally but also for the leadership as a collective body to make mistakes."

Hoxha and Isolationist Ideas

"Our country has been invaded many times, but we have always fought the enemies, we have driven them out and we have never mixed blood with them."

Hoxha and Diplomacy

"We have never cherished illusions about our enemies, we have not embraced and kissed them, we have not flattered them and we have not caressed them, we have never bowed to them. Our Party and Government have always maintained a firm, principled, Marxist-Leninist stand towards the enemies of peace and socialism."

Hoxha and Socialism

"The world socialist system is showing with every passing day its indisputable superiority over the capitalist system. It has become the shield of all the progressive forces of the world, the impregnable bulwark of freedom and peace, democracy and socialism."

These quotations only reflect a small facet of the man, the leader and the revolutionary, Enver Hoxha.