Joseph Stalin Quotes

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

When there’s a person, there’s a problem. When there’s no person, there’s no problem. Josef 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.

A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.

The writer is the engineer of the human soul.

The death of one man is tragic, but the death of thousands is statistic.

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

It doesn’t matter who they vote for, they always vote for us.

Voters decide nothing. Vote counters decide everything!

One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.

Education is a weapon the effect of which is determined by the hands which wield it, by who is to be struck down.

The United States should get rid of its militias.

I trust no one, not even myself.

You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.