“Socialism is a monster that will die.”

—  Janusz Korwin-Mikke

Source: Blog of the autor, 27 June 2007 http://korwin-mikke.blog.onet.pl/Socjalizm-to-po-prostu-zaraza,2,ID223835291,n

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