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“Three times, in my years in the USSR , it was decided to limit the police powers and bring the State Security organs under law; each time the name changed but the powers resumed. Such a police becomes a state within a state, with a vested interest in finding "plots," some of which really exist. Such a police presents another danger; its hidden membership is the first organization penetrated by enemy provocateurs.”

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The Stalin era

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Anna Louise Strong

Anna Louise Strong, born on November 24, 1885, and died on March 29, 1970, was an outstanding journalist and social activist known for her unwavering faith in socialism and communism. more

“Neither Hitler nor the West had attacked each other seriously. The Western Front was in what was called 'the phony war'; both sides sat in their fortifications. Hitler was not yet prepared for an all-out assault westward; this took time to organize. And Hitler was also aware that he had friends in the British and French upper class who might yield to his demands. Important voices in the press of Britain, France and America urged that 'the wrong war' had started, that the war should be switched against the USSR as the greater enemy.”

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“Month after month, the Russians, bearing the brunt of war, had waited. The Anglo-American landing did not come until June 6, 1944, when the Russian army had already liberated most of the USSR and was driving across Poland. Many Russians had bitterly wondered whether the Allies delayed so that Russia might take the loss, and landed at last in Normandy because they could not afford to let Russians take Berlin alone.”

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“عندما ينتهي الحب، يصبح كل شيء في حياتنا بلا قيمة. ويصبح الأشخاص من حولنا مجرد أسماء تلتقي بها آذاننا وتبصرها أعيننا دون أن يكون لهم أثر حقيقي في مجرى حياتنا. أصبحت كل وسائل الترفيه مجرد زينة في المنزل، وأصبحت حياتنا مملة إلى حد الجنون. كل هذا يدفعنا إلى تحويل الحب في حياتنا إلى معنى أسمى وأشمل، من مجرد حب شخص قد يختفي في أي لحظة، إلى حب الحياة والإبداع الذي لا ينتهي حتى آخر يوم في حياتنا”

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“Russians had not grudged it when the world war turned both the Atlantic and Pacific into 'American lakes,' but when these same Americans, who had taken all the oceans and who were building bases on their islands and shores, called Russia greedy for taking back what she formerly owned, this ranked.”