Joseph Stalin quotes

“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.”

— Joseph Stalin

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

— Joseph Stalin

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

— Joseph Stalin

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

— Joseph Stalin

“Death solves all problems - no man, no problem.”

— Joseph Stalin

“Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.”

— Joseph Stalin

“The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.”

— Joseph Stalin

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

— Joseph 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.”

— Joseph Stalin

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

— Joseph Stalin

“I trust no one, not even myself.”

— Joseph Stalin

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

— Joseph Stalin

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

— Joseph Stalin

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

— Joseph Stalin

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

— Joseph Stalin

“Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.”

— Joseph Stalin

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

— Joseph Stalin

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

— Joseph Stalin

“The Pope? How many divisions has he got?”

— Joseph Stalin

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

— Joseph Stalin

“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.”

— Joseph Stalin

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

— Joseph Stalin

“You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.”

— Joseph Stalin

“Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.”

— Joseph Stalin

“History shows that there are no invincible armies.”

— Joseph Stalin

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

— Joseph Stalin