Our new Soviet constitution will, in my opinion, be the most democratic constitution of all those existing in the world.
JOSEPH STALINIf 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.
More Joseph Stalin Quotes
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We believe that the Anarchists are real enemies of Marxism.
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You do not lament the loss of hair of one who has been beheaded.
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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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Take some exercise, try to recover the look of a human being.
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The death of one man is tragic, but the death of thousands is statistic.
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The only real power comes out of a long rifle.
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It is not heroes that make history, but history that makes heroes.
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Voters decide nothing. Vote counters decide everything!
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In the future, there will be fewer but better Russians.
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This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.
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The writer is the engineer of the human soul.
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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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Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.
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The United States should get rid of its militias.
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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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The reason why there is now no communist government in Paris is because in the circumstances of 1945 the Soviet army was not able to reach French soil.
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Everybody has a right to be stupid, but some people abuse the privilege.
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A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.
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To choose one’s victims, to prepare one’s plan minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then to go to bed… There is nothing sweeter in the world.
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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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Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.
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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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How do you expect the Germans to revolt when they don’t even dare walk on the grass?
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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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It takes a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army.
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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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