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- “I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.” – Joseph Stalin
- “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
- “If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.” – Joseph Stalin
- “In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.” – Joseph Stalin
- “The people who cast the votes don’t decide an election, the people who count the votes do.” – Joseph Stalin
- “We don’t let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?” – Joseph Stalin
- “When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.” – Joseph Stalin
- “The writer is the engineer of the human soul.” – Joseph Stalin
- “Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts.” – Joseph Stalin
- “Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.” – Joseph Stalin
- “Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.” – Joseph Stalin
- “It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.” – Joseph Stalin
- “History shows that there are no invincible armies.” – Joseph Stalin
- “You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.” – Joseph Stalin
- “The only real power comes out of a long rifle.” – Joseph Stalin
- “I trust no one, not even myself.” – Joseph Stalin
- “The Pope? How many divisions has he got?” – Joseph Stalin
- “Death is the solution to all problems. No man – no problem.” – Joseph Stalin
- “Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.” – Joseph Stalin
- “A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.” – Joseph Stalin
- “One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.” – Joseph Stalin
- “Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.” – Joseph Stalin
- “Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.” – Joseph Stalin
- “Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.” – Joseph Stalin
- “The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.” – Joseph Stalin