Quotes by Stalin, Joseph

"Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed."

Stalin, Joseph on education   

"Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs."

Stalin, Joseph on gratitude   

"History shows that there are no invincible armies."

Stalin, Joseph on army and navy   

"The Pope? How many divisions has he got?"

Stalin, Joseph on pope   

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

Stalin, Joseph on statistics
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"Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party."

Stalin, Joseph on words   

"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."

Stalin, Joseph on class   

"When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use."

Stalin, Joseph on communism and socialism
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"Death solves all problems - no man, no problem."

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"I trust no one, not even myself. "

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

Stalin, Joseph on election