Friday, November 9, 2012

Nikita Kruschev 1959 Quote


--And so it has become …


Posted by John MacHaffie at 12:01:00 PM

4 comments:

eric said...

For all of you Mormon haters out there, you can thank the Mormon president Ezra Taft Benson for that quote.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTkxQQXIWj4

He was secretary of agriculture under Eisenhower and he, Benson, was the one who met with this communist; who boasted that he would bring down America. Benson tried to warn America. But he's a Mormon so nothing he had to say was worth listening to, right? enjoy your socialism you evangelicals. And if there are any of evangelicals that didn't vote for Romney because he is a Mormon, and you think Obama is the lesser of two evils, you deserve what you get.

November 9, 2012 at 2:09 PM
Anonymous said...

Um, not an actual quote from Krushchev. Seriously, Google it.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/11/13/bogus-khrushchev-quote-makes-the-rounds-again.htm

You know what tipped me off, besides the way it was so awkwardly worded (a statesman like Krushchev wouldn't talk like that)? The fact that Socialism and Communism are two totally different things. You can't 'turn' Socialism into Communism or vice versa. And you can't give people 'doses' of either, either. Political and economic models don't work like that.

Either way, just thought readers should know.

November 9, 2012 at 2:13 PM
ahunter said...

Socialism is a base for communism and you can't trust either snopes or urban legends when it comes to something political.

December 16, 2012 at 8:07 PM
Gina said...

it's true that he may not have said it exactly that way - Benson is recounting the conversation he had with Krushchev and summarizing. Benson's speech is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SI_aw1A_ssg

February 8, 2013 at 11:56 AM

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