Joseph Stalin Quotes

Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?

Death is the solution to all problems. No man – no problem.

The only real power comes out of a long rifle.

In the Soviet army, it takes more courage to retreat than advance.

A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

The writer is the engineer of the human soul.

Quantity has a quality all its own.

The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.

I trust no one, not even myself.

When we hang the capitalists, they will sell us the rope we use.

The Pope? How many divisions has he got?

Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed.

Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.

I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of history will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy.

The only real power is the power over life and death.

The only commandment a Bolshevik cannot break is: don’t get caught.

Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.

The press must grow day in and day out — it is the mass collective propagandist and the collective agitator.

I trust no one, not even myself.

Ideas are far more powerful than guns.

Thank you for the things you’ve done, And those you’re going to do.

You know, they are fooling us, there is no God. All this talk about God is sheer nonsense.

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.

A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.

Stalinism is linked with a cult of personality and massive violations of human rights.

We don’t let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience.

To choose one’s victims, to prepare one’s plan minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then to go to bed…

All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes.

Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.

The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.

A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.

To choose one’s victims, to prepare one’s plan minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then to go to bed…

Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.

The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.

Death solves all problems – no man, no problem.

When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.

I trust no one, not even myself.

Quantity has a quality all of its own.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

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