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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.

Joseph Stalin

You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.
JOSEPH STALIN

Revolution Weakness Yourself
Education is a weapon the effect of which is determined by the hands which wield it, by who is to be struck down.
JOSEPH STALIN

Determination Education Hands Reality Weapon
Quantity has a quality all its own.
JOSEPH STALIN

Deep One Liner Quality
The rich experience of history teaches that up to now not a single class has voluntarily made way for another class.
JOSEPH STALIN

Experience History Rich Teaching
If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.
JOSEPH STALIN

Control Freedom Goodness Weapon
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.
JOSEPH STALIN

Believe Country Necessary Possible Revolution Time
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 STALIN

Army Country Goodness Myself Respect
Remember how the first world war broke out. It broke out as a result of the desire to redivide the world.
JOSEPH STALIN

Break Desire Remember Result War World
Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.
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Army Himself Reach
The only real power comes out of a long rifle.
JOSEPH STALIN

Power Reality War Weapon
Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.
JOSEPH STALIN

Enemy Ideas Knowledge Ourselves Powerful Weapon
When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.
JOSEPH STALIN

Business Death
He who votes does not have power. He who counts the votes has power.
JOSEPH STALIN

Himself Power Vote
When there’s a person, there’s a problem. When there’s no person, there’s no problem.
JOSEPH STALIN

Funny Person Problem
Political power does not rest with those who cast votes; political power rests with those who count votes.
JOSEPH STALIN

Politics Power Vote
Great Britain provided time; the United States provided money and Soviet Russia provided blood.
JOSEPH STALIN

Greatness Money Time War

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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