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## 1957 - Free elections in Hungary

The Hungarian parliament was elected on a democratic basis. It is in socialist countries that the freest elections are held. There everything belongs to the people, whereas in the United States everything is in the hands of the capitalists. They have complete power over the papers, radio, cinema, etc. In the United States there is freedom in the sense that everyone can go to work, but may not find work and may die of hunger. It is freedom to die. We do not recognize such freedom. We have another notion of freedom.

Interview with Tomoo Hirooka of the Japanese newspaper, *Asahi Shimbun*, on June 18, 1957; TASS, June 29, 1957.

## 1957 - Hungary a lesson for writers

The lesson of the events in Hungary, where the counterrevolution used some writers for its filthy ends, reminds us of what political carelessness, lack of principle, and lack of character can lead to in relation to the intrigues of the forces hostile to socialism. It must be clear to everyone that in present conditions, when a sharp struggle is in progress between the forces of socialism and the forces of imperialist reaction, one must keep one's powder dry.

"For a Close Tie of Literature and Art with the Life of the People," *Kommunist*, No. 12, 1957, p. 27.

## 4. Poland

### 1957 - Wooed like a bride

Poland is now being wooed like a bride. Why? Because the wooers want something. They want to find elements in Poland that can be used against the people's government, against the building of socialism, against the Soviet Union. They are directing their main blows against the Soviet Union because it was the first country in the world to raise the revolutionary banner of struggle against capitalism and because it is the strongest socialist state.

Speech at the Polish embassy, April 19, 1957; *Pravda*, April 21, 1957.

### 1957 - Some people are fanning the past

There were times when our troops came to Poland as conquerors. However, there were also times when Polish troops invaded our territory. However, all this relates to the past, to history. Some people are fanning this past and would like to warm their unclean hands over it.

### 1957 - Oder-Neisse border

We shall strengthen our friendship with the Polish people. The Poles are our neighbors. We have a good many common foes. We are united by common interests in building socialism and by all those things related to the defense of peace and security in our countries. The Oder-Neisse border is a border of peace; it is your border and ours. If anyone violates your border it will be a threat not only to you but also to the security of the Soviet Union.

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## 1957 - US aid to Poland

**Catledge:** Are there any theoretical or ideological considerations against socialist states, such as Poland, receiving economic aid from capitalist countries, for instance, from the United States?

**Khrushchev:** No, there are none, nor could there be such political pre-cepts. . . . But one should bear in mind that the very nature of capitalism is such that it cannot aid any state without pursuing its own selfish purposes. . . . Did you ever watch a bee or fly hovering over honey and then alighting on it. First the legs are stuck and then the wings and soon the bee or fly is wholly stuck in it. It is very dangerous for a socialist or any other country to fall into capitalist honey and get stuck in it. Reckless use of such "assistance" might lose the country its independence. I see that you do not quite like my words.

Interview with Turner Catledge of *New York Times*: TASS, May 13, 1957.

## 5. Communist China

### 1954 - Without CPR international questions cannot be solved

Everyone in his right mind who is prepared to look at the facts and observe the laws of historical progress understands that today, without the participation of the People's Republic of China, international questions cannot be solved, international tension cannot be eased and no peaceful solution of disputes can be achieved.

Speech in Communist China; Chinese Communist news service, NCNA, September 30, 1954.

### 1954 - Taiwan

Taiwan can certainly be liberated and brought back to the embrace of great homeland, the People's Republic of China.

### 1954 - US cannot control laws of history

The objective laws of history exist, and the laws of the development of human society exist. These laws will be controlled neither by US dollars nor by US Senators. They stand above the speeches of the Nixons, Knowlands, Radfords, and McCarthys.

The Chinese people will never allow the foreign monopoly organizations and national traitors to return to their motherland. They are vigilantly defending their great achievements and alertly guarding the cause of peace and security of the people of all nations. Let the enemies of peace rage and roar. The Chinese people are advancing along the correct road of their own, and are daily exerting greater influence on the development of world history.

Speech in Communist China, Chinese Communist news service, NCNA, September 30, 1954.

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# IV. QUOTATIONS PUBLISHED IN NON-COMMUNIST SOURCES

## A. Communism

1. Triumph Over Capitalism

1956 - Capitalist world

The rotten /capitalist/ world is collapsing. Friends, let's drink, let's laugh, let's rejoice!

Statement at a reception for ambassadors of the Arab states during the visit to Moscow of French Premier Guy Mollet; *Populaire de Paris*, June 26, 1956.

2. Attitude Toward Socialists

1956 - Social Democrats

There are no Social Democrats in Russia.

Labor Party banquet, London, April 23, 1956; *The New Leader*, May 7, 1956.

1956 - British Labor Party

I have not met people like you for thirty or forty years.

Labor Party banquet in London, April 23, 1956; *The New Leader*, May 7, 1956.

1956 - Socialists imprisoned in Communist countries

You people will have to look to other agencies to protect enemies of the workers.

Labor Party banquet, April 23, 1956; *The New Leader*, May 7, 1956.

1956 - Imprisoned Socialists

These men are perhaps innocent but perhaps also they sought to organize people to struggle against the state. However, it is a right for any state to defend itself by all means against the forces which tend to undermine the regime. History has its own laws and it punishes cruelly those who do not understand them.

Conversation with French Professor Andre Philip; *Background Information for Church and Society*, June 1956.

1956 - Georgian Mensheviks

You know, Georgia is the country where we destroyed your Social-Democratic, Menshevik government.

Statement to a delegation of French Socialists, reported by Pierre Lochak in *Der Monat*, June 1957.

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B. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic

1. Opposition Party

1956 - A flea in your shirt

After the liquidation of classes we have a monolithic society. Therefore, why found another party? That would be like voluntarily letting someone put a flea in your shirt.

2. Jews

1956 - Zionism

Perhaps, if you examine it more closely, you will see that there are Zionist tendencies among the Jews.

1956 - Jews kept out of leading posts

At the beginning of the revolution we had many Jews in our Party and government leadership. They were very educated and perhaps more revolutionary than the average Russian. Then we recruited new cadres. . . . If the Jews wished to have the first places in our republics today, it would naturally be annoying to the natives. They would not recognize the presumptions of the Jews, since they regard themselves as no less intelligent and able than the Jews.

3. Stalin

1956 - Great in spite of crimes

You are not going to convert us! Stalin was a great man, in spite of his abominable crimes. Today new men are criticizing and correcting his methods, but not his doctrine. We have committed follies, even serious crimes, but the general basis for our actions was sound.

Statement to Andre Philip, leader of a French Socialist group visiting the Soviet Union; *The New Leader*, October 8, 1956.

4. Lysenko

1956 - A bad character who can grow wheat

Lysenko is a narrow, authoritarian, sectarian individual who wished to impose a scientific doctrine on everybody by sending to Siberia those who didn't agree with him; he's an impossible person. Only he's our best agronomist, and I prefer a bad character who can grow wheat to a good character who can't.

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## 5. Standard of Living

### 1956 - Soviet worker's standard of living

The standard of living of the Russian worker is lower than that of the French worker.

Statement to the French Socialist delegation, repeated in a speech by Robert Coutant, member of the delegation; *Populaire de Paris*, June 23-24, 1956.

## 6. Right to be Wrong

### 1956 - In the technical field

I am ready to proclaim the right to be wrong in the technical field, for it's only by free discussion that we will succeed in increasing production.

Statement to Andre Philip, leader of French Socialist group visiting the Soviet Union; *The New Leader*, October 8, 1956.

## C. World Affairs

### 1. Soviet Military Strength

#### 1956 - New weapons

...I don't want to cause bad feelings among our sailors because they like that cruiser and it is a handsome cruiser. It is a very up-to-date cruiser. But under modern conditions the best that that cruiser can be used for is to carry guests to a friendly country. The cruiser carries five guns to fire salutes as we near Portsmouth. But who would ever think of fighting a sea duel with those guns? Because now we have weapons like guided missiles and rockets.

I read a press report today that the Americans have produced a fighter which flies at double sonic speed. But with a fighter like that, what could it do against a guided missile or a rocket which will hit the target before the sound of it is heard?

Speech in Britain; *Manchester Guardian*, April 21, 1956.

#### 1956 - We will bury you!

If you don't like us, don't accept our invitations, and don't invite us to come to see you. Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!

Statement at Kremlin reception, November 17, 1956; *Time*, November 26, 1956.

/ Denied by the USSR delegation to the UN on October 5, 1957. /