“You see, we Marxists believe that a revolution will also take place in other countries. But it will take place only when the revolutionaries in those countries think it possible, or necessary. The export of revolution is nonsense. Every country will make its own revolution if it wants to, and if it does not want to, there will be no revolution. For example, our country wanted to make a revolution and made it, and now we are building a new, classless society.”
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Interview Between J. Stalin and Roy Howard (On March 1, 1936, Comrade Stalin granted an interview to Roy Howard, President of Scripps-Howard Newspapers.) Source: Works, Vol. 14 Publisher: Red Star Press Ltd., London, 1978 Transcription/HTML Markup: Salil Sen for MIA, 2008
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