Romania

🇷🇴Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

Politics

1899–1938

"Legionary life is beautiful, not because of riches, partying or the acquisition of luxury, but because of the noble comradeship which binds all Legionaries in a sacred brotherhood of struggle."

🇷🇴Ion Antonescu

Politics

1882–1946

"I'm honoured that I could fight in four wars for your honour, my dear people, for your rights and your freedom."

🇷🇴Eugène Ionesco

Literature

Surrealism

1909–1994

"People who don’t read are brutes. It is better to write than to make war, isn’t it?"

🇷🇴A.C. Cuza

Literature

1857–1947

"File of Cuza's "The Science of Anti-Semitism" article in English on the Internet Archive"

🇷🇴Doina Ruști

Literature

b. 1957

"For in any person there is a ball of bitterness and desire, sometimes just lightly tickling like a butterfly, but in many other cases utterly unbearable, like hot coals that scorch everything around them."

🇷🇴Elena Ceaușescu

Politics

1916–1989

"We live in a normal apartment, just like every other citizen. We have ensured an apartment for every citizen through corresponding laws."

🇷🇴Tudor Chirilă

Music

b. 1974

"In definitiv, cu cat vei ridica un zid mai inalt in jurul tau cu atat va fi mai bun cel care-l va sari."

🇷🇴Arthur Horeanu

Music

b. 2004

"Among so many princes, I feel much better being that Rumpelstiltskin."