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> [“The irony was that the new communist state had created a social hierarchy more elaborate and stratified than anything seen in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/the-irony-was-that-the-new-communist-state-had-created-a-social/)

[Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/)

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> [The nation in arms is virtually a communist state: the people must be paid wages and fed and protected and regimented behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/the-nation-in-arms-is-virtually-a-communist-state-the-people-must-be/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

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> [I don't consider China a communist state, no. I know that sounds paradoxical, but it's my view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-a-kissinger/i-don-t-consider-china-a-communist-state-no-i-know-that-sounds/)

[Henry A. Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-a-kissinger/)

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> [The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boyd-orr/the-real-evil-of-the-russian-communist-state-is-not-communism-it-is/)

[John Boyd Orr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boyd-orr/)

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> [Of course, I know everything that happens in Russia. But even at the most dangerous moment or the most negative moment now,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mstislav-rostropovich/of-course-i-know-everything-that-happens-in-russia-but-even-at-the/)

[Mstislav Rostropovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mstislav-rostropovich/)

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