All of the cruelty of Communist states, all of the evils committed by Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot, are implicit in the Marxist idea of the withering away of the state.

• 共产主义国家的全部残酷事实，斯大林、毛泽东以及波尔波特犯下的所有罪恶，都隐含在马克思主义关于国家的消亡的思想之中。