"I think it was the part of wisdom for Stalin to try to show that a collectivist economy could be made to work in one country. I think he should have our support in that effort." --Upton Sinclair, 1938
"Let us discuss the famine. I venture to doubt that five million people were permitted to die. My guess is that it is near to one million; but that was enough. What were the circumstances? The rich peasants of Russia were sabotaging the revolution." --Upton Sinclair, 1938
"As to the matter of 'famine,' I advised them to push collectivization at all costs, because only through mechanized farming could they avert famine permanently; and they have done so." --Upton Sinclair, 1938
"Mussolini has praised Stalin's recent 'purge.' I hope I am not over-estimating him in giving him credit for a smile when he said it. I know that I smiled when I read it." --Upton Sinclair, 1938
"Having watched the international policy of the Soviet Union from day to day as it has developed, I say that its record is pretty nearly perfect, and that upon that record it is entitled to the trust of every friend of democracy and peace." --Upton Sinclair, 1938
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