It is not heroes that make history, but history that makes heroes.
JOSEPH STALINIn the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
More Joseph Stalin Quotes
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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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It’s not the people who vote that count. It’s the people who count the votes.
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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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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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The rich experience of history teaches that up to now not a single class has voluntarily made way for another class.
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When you chop wood, splinters fly.
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When there’s a person, there’s a problem. When there’s no person, there’s no problem.
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I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.
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He who votes does not have power. He who counts the votes has power.
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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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The death of one man is tragic, but the death of thousands is statistic.
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History shows that there are no invincible armies.
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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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Die, but do not retreat.
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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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