Elena Ceaușescu
Elena Ceaușescu (January 7, 1916 – December 25, 1989) was the wife of Romania's Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu, and Deputy Prime Minister of Romania.
Quotes
- “Victoraș [a diminutive], take care of the children!”
- Elena to General Victor Stănculescu as she and Nicolae fled from a mob into a waiting helicopter (22 December 1989)[1]
- We live in a normal apartment, just like every other citizen. We have ensured an apartment for every citizen through corresponding laws.
- Statements at trial (25 December 1989)
- We will not sign any statement. We will speak only at the National Assembly, because we have worked hard for the people all our lives. We have sacrificed all our lives to the people. And we will not betray our people here.
- Statements at trial (25 December 1989)
- Such impudence! I am a member and the chairwoman of the Academy of Sciences. You cannot talk to me in such a way!
- Statements at trial (25 December 1989), in response to being asked who wrote her scientific papers
Quotes about Elena Ceaușescu
- As the wife of the most powerful politician in the country, Elena Ceaușescu wanted to portray herself as a role model, worthy of being next to the ‘great political leader,’ her husband. She wouldn’t hear of having just any job. As communism prized science as a force for industrial production, and being an intellectual had also been valued when she had been younger, a job as a scientist would work well with being the first [female] comrade of the country.
- Biographer Lavinia Betea on Elena's fraudulent academic credentials[2]