If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.
JOSEPH STALINRemember how the first world war broke out. It broke out as a result of the desire to redivide the world.
More Joseph Stalin Quotes
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Personel selection is decisive. People are our most valuable capital.
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I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this – who will count the votes, and how.
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Die, but do not retreat.
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We Marxists believe that revolution will occur in other countries, as well. But it will occur at a time when it will be considered possible or necessary by revolutionaries of those countries.
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American Communists have the opportunity to preach freely their ideas. It would be absolutely wrong to hold the Soviet government responsible for activities of the American Communists.
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Education is a weapon the effect of which is determined by the hands which wield it, by who is to be struck down.
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History shows that there are no invincible armies.
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Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.
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I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy.
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It doesn’t matter who they vote for, they always vote for us.
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The leaders come and go, but the people remain. Only the people are immortal.
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I trust no one, not even myself.
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Our new Soviet constitution will, in my opinion, be the most democratic constitution of all those existing in the world.
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Our Soviet society is socialist because private ownership of factories, plants, land, banks and means of transportation has been abolished in our country, and replaced by public ownership.
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Words 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.
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