In war I would deal with the Devil and his grandmother
JOSEPH STALINIn war I would deal with the Devil and his grandmother
JOSEPH STALINOf all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.
JOSEPH STALINYou cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.
JOSEPH STALINWords are one thing – deeds something entirely different. Fine words are a mask to cover shady deeds. A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.
JOSEPH STALINGreat Britain provided time; the United States provided money and Soviet Russia provided blood.
JOSEPH STALINThe production of souls is more important than the production of tanks. And therefore I raise my glass to you, writers, the engineers of the human soul.
JOSEPH STALINIn the future, there will be fewer but better Russians.
JOSEPH STALINPersonel selection is decisive. People are our most valuable capital.
JOSEPH STALINTo choose one’s victims, to prepare one’s plan minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then to go to bed… There is nothing sweeter in the world.
JOSEPH STALINRemember how the first world war broke out. It broke out as a result of the desire to redivide the world.
JOSEPH STALINEveryone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.
JOSEPH STALINIt takes a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army.
JOSEPH STALINThe reason why there is now no communist government in Paris is because in the circumstances of 1945 the Soviet army was not able to reach French soil.
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 STALINIdeas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.
JOSEPH STALINVoters decide nothing. Vote counters decide everything!
JOSEPH STALIN