Joseph Stalin
Leader
1878-12-18
Quotes by Joseph Stalin
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If there are no isolated phenomena in the world, if all phenomena are interconnected and interdependent, then it is clear that every social system and every social movement in history must be evaluated not from the standpoint of eternal justice or some other preconceived idea, as is not infrequently done by historians, but from the standpoint of the conditions which gave rise to that system or that social movement and with which they are connected.
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Death is the solution to all problems. No man-no problem.
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...[I]ron discipline does not preclude but presupposes criticism and contest of opinion within the Party. Least of all does it mean that discipline must be 'blind'. On the contrary, iron discipline does not preclude but presupposes conscious and voluntary submission, for only conscious discipline can be truly iron discipline.
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Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.
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Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.
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Death is the solution to all problems. No man-no problem.
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...[I]ron discipline does not preclude but presupposes criticism and contest of opinion within the Party. Least of all does it mean that discipline must be 'blind'. On the contrary, iron discipline does not preclude but presupposes conscious and voluntary submission, for only conscious discipline can be truly iron discipline.
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If there are no isolated phenomena in the world, if all phenomena are interconnected and interdependent, then it is clear that every social system and every social movement in history must be evaluated not from the standpoint of eternal justice or some other preconceived idea, as is not infrequently done by historians, but from the standpoint of the conditions which gave rise to that system or that social movement and with which they are connected.
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Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem.
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Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.
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In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
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One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.
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Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.
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When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.
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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.
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A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.
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Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.
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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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The writer is the engineer of the human soul.
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A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.
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