Trust is good, control is better!

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"Trust is good, control is better!" Is a phrase attributed to the Russian politician Lenin . It means that you should only rely on what you have checked . The saying does not exist in his works and therefore cannot be substantiated.

However, it is documented that Lenin used the Russian proverb “Trust, but check” ( Russian Доверяй, но проверяй - Dowerjai, no prowerjai ) very often . It is believed that this proverb was slightly modified in some translations of Lenin's texts, since the Russian word prowerjai can also be translated as “control” instead of “check”.

literature

  • The Brockhaus Multimedia 2005. Bibliographisches Institut & FA Brockhaus AG, Mannheim 2005, ISBN 3-411-06519-2

Footnotes

  1. ^ Duden 11 phrases , 1992, ISBN 3-411-04111-0 , page 766
  2. ↑ Christoph Drösser ( Right? ): Familiar examination . In: The time . No. 12/2000