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 STALINIdeas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.
More Joseph Stalin Quotes
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There are no fortresses that Bolsheviks cannot storm.
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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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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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In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
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Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.
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Music’s a good thing, it calms the beast in the man.
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I trust no one, not even myself.
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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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Personel selection is decisive. People are our most valuable capital.
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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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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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Die, but do not retreat.
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The only real power comes out of a long rifle.
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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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Nowadays wars are not declared. They simply start.
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