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Joseph Stalin

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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Experience History Rich Teaching
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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Enemy Ideas Knowledge Ourselves Powerful Weapon
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.
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Human Important Material Soul Worth Writing
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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Believe Country Necessary Possible Revolution Time
It takes a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army.
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Army Brave Fear Men
In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
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Army Courage Surrender
Personel selection is decisive. People are our most valuable capital.
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People Value Wealth
It’s not the people who vote that count. It’s the people who count the votes.
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People Politics Vote
Our new Soviet constitution will, in my opinion, be the most democratic constitution of all those existing in the world.
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Constitution Democracy Existence Myself Opinion World
We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us.
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Country Development Distance Goodness
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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Army Country Goodness Myself Respect
Words are one thing – deeds something entirely different. Fine words are a mask to cover shady deeds. A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.
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Action Different Loyalty Oneself Word
Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.
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Dog Gratitude Sick Suffering
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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Bed Choice Preparation Victim World
How do you expect the Germans to revolt when they don’t even dare walk on the grass?
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Dare Expectation Home Revolution Travel Walk
Political power does not rest with those who cast votes; political power rests with those who count votes.
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Politics Power Vote

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