Stalin Quotes

Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron.

Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.

The only real power comes out of a long rifle.

The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.

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

If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.

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.

The Pope? How many divisions has he got?

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

The writer is the engineer of the human soul.

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.

You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.

Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.

One death is a tragedy one million is a statistic.

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

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.

A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.

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

The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.

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