FAMOUS STALIN QUOTES

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

“The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic.”

“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 single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.”

“The only real power comes out of a long rifle.”

“The writer is the engineer of the human soul.”

“A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.”

“I trust no one, not even myself.”

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

“The press must grow day in and day out — it is our Party’s sharpest and most powerful weapon.”

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

“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.”

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

“Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.” TOVE JANSSON SUMMER BOOK QUOTES

“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 decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.”

“If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.”

“The only real power comes out of a long rifle.”

“Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.”

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

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

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

“The only real power comes out of a long rifle.”

“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.”

“Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don’t let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?”

“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.”

“It’s not the people who vote that count, it’s the people who count the votes.”