"In capitalist countries the bourgeoisie leads. So long as imperialism and socialism are locked in struggle with each other, it's either a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie or a dictatorship of the working class."
— Vyacheslav Molotov

January 1, 1970

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As quoted in Molotov Remembers: Inside Kremlin Politics (1993) by Felix Chuev, p. 146. ISBN: 978-1-5663-715-2.