If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a ‘peace conference,’ you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.
JOSEPH STALINOf all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.
More Joseph Stalin Quotes
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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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You do not lament the loss of hair of one who has been beheaded.
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This is impossible to predict. War may break out unexpectedly.
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When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.
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The writer is the engineer of the human soul.
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We do not want a single foot of foreign territory; but of our territory we shall not surrender a single inch to anyone.
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The death of one man is tragic, but the death of thousands is statistic.
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Artillery is the god of war.
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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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Political power does not rest with those who cast votes; political power rests with those who count votes.
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It takes a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army.
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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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Take some exercise, try to recover the look of a human being.
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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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We 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.
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