“[The communist state has thus far proved itself a] brutal, blunt, and fumbling instrument, [while elsewhere capitalism has been evolving its own”

Source: The 20th century capitalist revolution. 1954, p. 24; as cited in : Louis Prashker, "The 20th Century Capitalist Revolution (Book Review)." in: St. John's Law Review: Vol. 29: Iss. 1, (1954), p. 178-181

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