You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.
JOSEPH STALINEducation is a weapon the effect of which is determined by the hands which wield it, by who is to be struck down.
More Joseph Stalin Quotes
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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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Artillery is the god of war.
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We believe that the Anarchists are real enemies of Marxism.
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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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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.
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The death of one man is tragic, but the death of thousands is statistic.
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In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
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When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.
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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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Real liberty exists only there where exploitation has been annihilated, where no oppression of some peoples by others exists, where there is no unemployment and pauperism, where a person does not tremble because tomorrow he may lose his job, home and bread.
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Die, but do not retreat.
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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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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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Political power does not rest with those who cast votes; political power rests with those who count votes.
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Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.
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