Thoughts about Joseph Stalin
The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
Joseph AddisonIdeas are far more powerful than guns. We don't allow our enemies to have guns, why should we allow them to have ideas?
Joseph StalinI believe in one thing only, the power of human will.
Joseph StalinIf 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.
Joseph StalinMankind 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.
Joseph StalinThe writer is the engineer of the human soul.
Joseph StalinDeath solves all problems - No man, no problem.
Joseph StalinGaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.
Joseph StalinYou do not lament the loss of hair of one who has been beheaded.
Joseph StalinThe greatest delight is to mark one's enemy, prepare everything, avenge oneself thoroughly, and then go to sleep.
Joseph StalinDie, but do not retreat.
Joseph StalinIn the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than to advance.
Joseph StalinThe death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.
Joseph StalinYou cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.
Joseph StalinGratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.
Joseph StalinThe Pope! How many divisions has _he_ got ?
Joseph StalinIf the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.
Joseph StalinThe only real power comes out of a long rifle.
Joseph StalinThe people who cast the votes do not decide an election, the people who count the votes do.
Joseph StalinOne death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic.
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