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 STALINWhen you chop wood, splinters fly.
More Joseph Stalin Quotes
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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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Quantity has a quality all its own.
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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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Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.
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It doesn’t matter who they vote for, they always vote for us.
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Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts.
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Remember how the first world war broke out. It broke out as a result of the desire to redivide the world.
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You do not lament the loss of hair of one who has been beheaded.
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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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This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.
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A man’s eyes should be torn out if he can only see the past
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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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When there’s a person, there’s a problem. When there’s no person, there’s no problem.
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The writer is the engineer of the human soul.
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If 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.
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