" You see, we have a society that is based on good, humanitarian principles, but that functions on base, narrow principles." "the entire administration stinks of bureaucracy. Fat bureaucrats with fat mugs and fatter rears sit around for weeks, months, years, simply fulfilling quotas."
Kostya , a Russian, speaking in 1956 to Marvin Kalb
The Year I was Peter the Great page 195
Marvin Kalb 2017
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