User:RD/9k/statement from D'Souza or Stalin (Q28,84)

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statement that could have been said by either D'Souza or Stalin
Would this statement have a worse connotation coming out of Stalin's government? (question) / thing that would sound different coming out of Stalin's government (motif)
steel rule
(new metallic rule) / Do not do what you would not want Stalin to do / Do not have rules or policies in government or socioeconomic institutions that you would not want Stalin's government to have (ethics) / The United States was justified to win the Cold war because it was nothing like Stalin's government (sense) / (9k)

This is not a democracy
/ This is a republic, this is not a democracy -> Stalin would not tell you a republic is not a democracy, because for one thing, that would imply he makes all the rules.
Ask what you can do for your country
/ Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country (John F. Kennedy) / (9k) -> this one is a little subjective. if you're a Communist this would sound better coming out of Stalin. for everyone else, it's horrifying.
No one watches the founders
/ I helped launch protogens, so I am not subject to the protogen rules / (9k) -> I helped found the Soviet Union, so I am exempt from the Communist Party rules. can you see why some people's response would be "that's not how rules work, rules apply to everybody"? ...

[9k] statement from D'Souza or Stalin - Q28,84 ; thing that would sound different or worse coming out of Stalin's government