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stalin says leniency only intensifies resistance
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MOSCOW, Tuesday. "I am only a disciple of Lenin. I hope I am worthy of him. Peter the Great was a mere drop in the ocean. Lenin was the whole oeean," declared M. Stalin, Soviet leader, in
an interview with Herr Emil Ludwig, the historian. M. Stalin explained that the Soviet was ruthless with its enemies because.it found that leniency only intensified resistance. Herr Ludwig suggested that a large proportion of Russians were filled with a sense of fear. M. Stalin: You are mistaken. Could we have maintained our power for 14 years by intimidation? Heroes become zeroes directly they lose touch with the working classes.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 252, 15 June 1932, Page 5
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