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It is difficult for me to imagine what personal liberty the unemployed can have who go hungry and cannot find utilization of their labor.

Joseph Stalin

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Joseph Stalin
Age: 74 †
Born: 1878
Born: December 18
Died: 1953
Died: March 5
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Former Premier Of The Soviet Union
Politician
Revolutionary
Ioseb Besarionis dze Dzhugashvili
Stalin
Josef Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovitch Stalin
Koba
Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
Joey Stalin
Uncle Joe
Yosif Dzhugashvili
Liberty
Imagine
Difficult
Cannot
Utilization
Find
Unemployed
Hungry
Labor
Personal

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