The State is an instrument in the hands of the ruling class, used to break the… — Joseph Stalin
The State is an instrument in the hands of the ruling class, used to break the resistance of the adversaries of that class.
1924
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Stalin, Joseph. The Foundations of Leninism. International Publishers, 1970, ch. 4, sect. 2. Originally a lecture called "The Dictatorship of the Proletariat." Foundations of Leninism lecture series. 1924, Sverdlov University, Moscow, Russia.
