Stalin and vote-counting

[Alexander Ogden]

Dear colleagues,

A friend just inquired about one of the post-election sets of jokes
circulating on the internet, wondering whether the following quotation is
accurate and what the particular context was:

>"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide
everything."
>       -- Joseph Stalin

Any info appreciated!
Best wishes,
Alex Ogden



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Dr. J. Alexander Ogden
Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
Department of Germanic, Slavic & East Asian
         Languages and Literatures
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 777-9573; fax: (803) 777-0132
ogden at sc.edu

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