Soviet Socialist Republic

Famous quotes containing the words soviet, socialist and/or republic:

“If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party.”
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“I pass the test that says a man who isn’t a socialist at 20 has no heart, and a man who is a socialist at 40 has no head.”
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