There is not, nor should there be, an irreconcilable contrast between the individual and the collective, between the interests of an individual person and the interests of the collective.
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.
More Joseph Stalin Quotes
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When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.
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Ah, these diplomats! What chatterboxes! There’s only one way to shut them up – cut them down with machine guns. Bulganin, go and get me one!
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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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When you chop wood, splinters fly.
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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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Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.
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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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The rich experience of history teaches that up to now not a single class has voluntarily made way for another class.
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He who votes does not have power. He who counts the votes has power.
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The press must grow day in and day out – it is our Party’s sharpest and most powerful weapon.
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It’s not the people who vote that count. It’s the people who count the votes.
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The Red Army and Navy and the whole Soviet people must fight for every inch of Soviet soil, fight to the last drop of blood for our towns and villages…onward, to victory!
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Personel selection is decisive. People are our most valuable capital.
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Political power does not rest with those who cast votes; political power rests with those who count votes.
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This is impossible to predict. War may break out unexpectedly.
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