Joseph Stalin Quotes
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“The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.”
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“Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem.”
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“Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.”
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“One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.”
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“I trust no one, not even myself.”
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“When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.”
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“Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.”
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“I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.”
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“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.”
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“The only real power comes out of a long rifle.”
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“Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.”
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“The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.”
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“The Pope? How many divisions has he got?”
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“In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.”
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“Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts.”
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“We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?”
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“Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.”
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“You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.”
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“The writer is the engineer of the human soul.”
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“Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.”
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“If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.”
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“A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.”
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“Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.”
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“History shows that there are no invincible armies.”
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“If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a 'peace conference', you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.”