The production of souls is more important than the production of tanks. And therefore I raise my glass to you, writers, the engineers of the human soul.
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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Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.
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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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In the future, there will be fewer but better Russians.
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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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This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.
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Voters decide nothing. Vote counters decide everything!
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I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this – who will count the votes, and how.
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Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.
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It is not heroes that make history, but history that makes heroes.
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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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History shows that there are no invincible armies.
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You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.
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Great Britain provided time; the United States provided money and Soviet Russia provided blood.
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He who votes does not have power. He who counts the votes has power.
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There are no fortresses that Bolsheviks cannot storm.
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