Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalinwas the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Holding the post of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he was effectively the dictator of the state...
NationalityGeorgian
ProfessionLeader
Date of Birth21 December 1879
CountryGeorgia
country war loss
We secured peace for our country for one and a half years, as well as an opportunity of preparing our forces for defense if fascist Germany risked attacking our country in defiance of the pact. This was a definite gain to our country and a loss for fascist Germany.
war past world
This war is not as in the past: whoever occupies a territory also imposes his own social system.
splinters woods
When you chop wood, splinters fly
voters vote
Voters decide nothing. Vote counters decide everything!
storm fortresses bolsheviks
There are no fortresses that Bolsheviks cannot storm.
wind rubbish mercy
I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy.
intelligent quality quantity-and-quality
Quantity has a quality all its own.
evil division pope
Mr. Churchill, Mr. Prime Minister, how many divisions did you say that the pope had?
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- Oh no, The Collective Farm policy was a terrible struggle... Ten million (he said holding up his hands). It was fearful. Four years it lasted. It was absolutely necessary.
cannibalism form dangerous
Anti-Semitism, as an extreme form of racial chauvinism, is the most dangerous vestige of cannibalism.
feet territory want
We do not want a single foot of foreign territory; but of our territory we shall not surrender a single inch to anyone.
people communism valuable
Personel selection is decisive. People are our most valuable capital.
war army past
This war is not as in the past; whoever occupies a territory also imposes on it his own social system. Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach. It cannot be otherwise. If now there is not a communist government in Paris, this is only because Russia has no an army which can reach Paris in 1945.
treasure citizens human-life
Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.