Nobody respects a country with a poor army, but everybody respects a country with a good army. I raise my toast to the Finnish army.
JOSEPH STALINPersonel selection is decisive. People are our most valuable capital.
More Joseph Stalin Quotes
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Everybody has a right to be stupid, but some people abuse the privilege.
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Nowadays wars are not declared. They simply start.
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Remember how the first world war broke out. It broke out as a result of the desire to redivide the world.
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Great Britain provided time; the United States provided money and Soviet Russia provided blood.
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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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In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
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The 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.
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The leaders come and go, but the people remain. Only the people are immortal.
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It takes a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army.
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We believe that the Anarchists are real enemies of Marxism.
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How do you expect the Germans to revolt when they don’t even dare walk on the grass?
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Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.
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A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.
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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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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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