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"You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs."

— Joseph Stalin

January 1, 1970

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Anti-imperialists Atheists General Secretaries of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Soviet premiers People from Georgia (country)

Original Language: English

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Walter Duranty associated with Stalin in The New York Times. — But – to put it brutally – you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs, and the Bolshevist leaders are just as indifferent to the casualties that may be involved in their drive toward socialization as any General during the World War who ordered a costly attack in order to show his superiors that he and his division possessed the proper soldierly spirit. In fact, the Bolsheviki are more indifferent because they are animated by f

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Walter Duranty associated with Stalin in The New York Times. — But – to put it brutally – you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs, and the Bolshevist leaders are just as indifferent to the casualties that may be involved in their drive toward socialization as any General during the World War who ordered a costly attack in order to show his superiors that he and his division possessed the proper soldierly spirit. In fact, the Bolsheviki are more indifferent because they are animated by f