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When all the world is socialist, Switzerland will have to remain capitalist, so that it can tell us the price of everything.

Nikita Khrushchev

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Nikita Khrushchev
Age: 77 †
Born: 1894
Born: April 3
Died: 1971
Died: September 11
Former General Secretary Of The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union
Military Personnel
Politician
Statesperson
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Capitalism
Remain
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Switzerland
Socialist
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Price

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