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Re: Stalin, Misunderstood Hero

Jonah, John:

I certainly hope someone at the conference has the wit to bring up my all-time favorite Stalin suck-up quote, from Anna Louise Strong: “One must not make a god of Stalin; he was too important for that.” Just too good not to use on April Fool’s Day.

Steven F. Hayward is senior resident scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies, and a lecturer in both the law school and the political science department, at the University of California at Berkeley.
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