Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.
JOSEPH STALINOf all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.
JOSEPH STALINThe death of one man is tragic, but the death of thousands is statistic.
JOSEPH STALINThe leaders come and go, but the people remain. Only the people are immortal.
JOSEPH STALINHistory shows that there are no invincible armies.
JOSEPH STALINPrint is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.
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 STALINArtillery is the god of war.
JOSEPH STALINWhen there’s a person, there’s a problem. When there’s no person, there’s no problem.
JOSEPH STALINOur new Soviet constitution will, in my opinion, be the most democratic constitution of all those existing in the world.
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 STALINDo you remember the tsar? Well, I‘m like a tsar.
JOSEPH STALINIn the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
JOSEPH STALINThis is impossible to predict. War may break out unexpectedly.
JOSEPH STALINWe are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us.
JOSEPH STALINIn the future, there will be fewer but better Russians.
JOSEPH STALIN