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“Wie eerlijk is, kan, hoe hij ook over het communisme moge denken, zijn bewondering niet onthouden aan de Russen en hun militaire leiders wegens hun moed, hun volharding en hun bekwaamheid toen zij in 1942 de Duitsers bij Stalingrad wisten staande te houden en vervolgens het getij van de oorlog, met benutting van Stalingrad als springplank, te hunnen gunste konden keren.”
― De slag om Stalingrad
― De slag om Stalingrad
“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament!”
― The State and Revolution
― The State and Revolution
“All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake "public opinion" for the benefit of the bourgeoisie.”
― Revolution!: Sayings of Vladimir Lenin
― Revolution!: Sayings of Vladimir Lenin
“It is not heroes that make history, but history that makes heroes.”
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“The socialist experience did offer a different narrative: most individuals
within society felt they had more control over their own destinies because of
a guaranteed social stability: the GDR did not go through comparable
economic crises, but demonstrated a continuing rise in living standards and
individual wellbeing.”
― Stasi State or Socialist Paradise?: The German Democratic Republic and What Became of It
within society felt they had more control over their own destinies because of
a guaranteed social stability: the GDR did not go through comparable
economic crises, but demonstrated a continuing rise in living standards and
individual wellbeing.”
― Stasi State or Socialist Paradise?: The German Democratic Republic and What Became of It
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