Body Quote by William Z. Foster

The interests of the Soviet Union are in controlling highly developed countries and having the benefit of their economies so that they can run…

— Barbara Amiel

“in reality, after the fall of communism in the late 1980s the world learned of some of the worst environmental disasters imaginable—rivers so polluted…

— Thomas J. DiLorenzo

What did in the Soviet Union was the Soviet Union.

— Robert Dallek

It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm…

— George F. Kennan

The Soviet government sprouted and grew out of the habits, the psychology, and the condition of the Russian people. It fitted them. They understand…

— Lincoln Steffens

The readings of Soviet society are as many as the experts you speak to. In my view, it's a society that is overdue for…

— E. P. Thompson

Here we have 40 million Russian citizens involved in the sphere of agriculture one way or another. This is very important.

— Vladimir Putin

“The fundamental principle of the Russian government has always been the autocratic ruler who combines all legislative and executive powers and disposes of all…

— Martin Sixsmith

Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large estates, crown lands, government land, and the estates held…

— Herman Gorter

We operate here under directives which emanate from the White House... The substance of the directives under which we operate is that we shall…

— Horace Rowan Gaither

Soviet power is a new type of state in which there is no bureacracy, no police, no standing army.

— Vladimir Lenin

Of course, Soviet people would like to see the face of surrounding states changed, but that is the business of the surrounding states.

— J. Stalin