What is the origin and context of the Marxist/Leninist quote "With an iron fist, we will drive humanity to happiness?" Rather than just the name of the author, some background would be helpful. For example, here is a citation on Stalin's quote regarding the Pope:
"The Pope! How many divisions has he got?"
Said sarcastically to Pierre Laval in 1935, in response to
being asked whether he could do anything with Russian Catholics
to help Laval win favour with the Pope, to counter the increasing
threat of Nazism; as quoted in The Second World War (1948)
by Winston Churchill vol. 1, ch. 8, p. 105.
Googling has produced limited results, with no dependable attribution. The closest I've come is this:
The administration at Solovki put up a sign at the main camp,
which captured perfectly the Leninist program. It read, “With an
Iron Fist, We Will Lead Humanity to Happiness.”
If this is the extent of the information available, that's fine, but I thought I would double check..