Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.
JOSEPH STALINPolitical power does not rest with those who cast votes; political power rests with those who count votes.
More Joseph Stalin Quotes
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There are no fortresses that Bolsheviks cannot storm.
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If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.
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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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When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.
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Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.
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The Red Army and Navy and the whole Soviet people must fight for every inch of Soviet soil, fight to the last drop of blood for our towns and villages…onward, to victory!
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Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.
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Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.
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Education is a weapon the effect of which is determined by the hands which wield it, by who is to be struck down.
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We believe that the Anarchists are real enemies of Marxism.
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To choose one’s victims, to prepare one’s plan minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then to go to bed… There is nothing sweeter in the world.
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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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Everybody has a right to be stupid, but some people abuse the privilege.
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This is impossible to predict. War may break out unexpectedly.
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Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.
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