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 STALINIf the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.
More Joseph Stalin Quotes
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In the future, there will be fewer but better Russians.
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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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Music’s a good thing, it calms the beast in the man.
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He who votes does not have power. He who counts the votes has power.
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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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The only real power comes out of a long rifle.
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This is impossible to predict. War may break out unexpectedly.
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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.
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It is not heroes that make history, but history that makes heroes.
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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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Our new Soviet constitution will, in my opinion, be the most democratic constitution of all those existing in the world.
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When you chop wood, splinters fly.
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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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We believe that the Anarchists are real enemies of Marxism.
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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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