# Who said this?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-this/70991>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 2, 2001, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-this/70991 "2001-07-02T17:57:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Father\_Pacelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Father\_Pacelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Father_Pacelli)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-this/70991/1 "2001-07-02T17:57:23Z")

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“Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!”

This was thrown around in a Yahoo chat the other day. I’m pretty sure Hitler said it, but a few others came up with the names Stalin, Pol Pot, Chairman Mao, and Lenin.

So, who said it?

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**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-this/70991/2 "2001-07-02T17:59:58Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Father Pacelli \*  
> **"Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!"**

Nikita Khrushchev

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**Author:** ![johnboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47c2d/32.png) [@johnboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnboy)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-this/70991/3 "2001-07-02T18:01:46Z")

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I thought it was Nikita Kruschev (replete with him banging his shoe on the table.) Actually he said “Ziss iss nut my shoo!”

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**Author:** ![Father\_Pacelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Father\_Pacelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Father_Pacelli)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-this/70991/4 "2001-07-02T18:18:10Z")

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Thanks for the cite, **Chas.E** and **johnboy**.

I appreciate it! 🙂