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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.

Joseph Stalin

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 STALIN

Difference Goal Person Politics
This is impossible to predict. War may break out unexpectedly.
JOSEPH STALIN

Break Expectation Impossible War
Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.
JOSEPH STALIN

Citizenship Human Live Treasure
Great Britain provided time; the United States provided money and Soviet Russia provided blood.
JOSEPH STALIN

Greatness Money Time War
Die, but do not retreat.
JOSEPH STALIN

Death One Liner Surrender
It doesn’t matter who they vote for, they always vote for us.
JOSEPH STALIN

Democracy Government Politics Vote
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.
JOSEPH STALIN

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.
JOSEPH STALIN

Army Country Goodness Myself Respect
You know, they are fooling us, there is no God.
JOSEPH STALIN

Atheist Fools God Yourself
Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.
JOSEPH STALIN

Dog Gratitude Sick Suffering
Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.
JOSEPH STALIN

Enemy Ideas Knowledge Ourselves Powerful Weapon
Take some exercise, try to recover the look of a human being.
JOSEPH STALIN

Appearance Human Recovery
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.
JOSEPH STALIN

Battle Beginning Death Government Peace Place
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.
JOSEPH STALIN

Government Ideas Opportunity Responsible
A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.
JOSEPH STALIN

Army Loyalty Man
In the future, there will be fewer but better Russians.
JOSEPH STALIN

Death Democracy Future

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