Joseph Stalin Quotes
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In what do the activities of the Communist Parties consist? In what ways can they manifest themselves? These activities usually consist in the organization of working masses, in organizing meetings, demonstrations, strikes, etc. It is absolutely clear that American Communists cannot perform this in Soviet territory. The American workers are not in the U.S.S.R.
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Personel selection is decisive. People are our most valuable capital.
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Music's a good thing, it calm the beast in the man.
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The society which we have built can in no way be termed "state socialism."The social organization which we have created can be termed a Soviet, socialist organization which has not yet been quite completed, but is in its root a socialist organization of society. The foundation of this society is public ownership.
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We [U.S.S.R. and U.S.A.] can exist peacefully together if we don't indulge in too much mutual fault-finding in all kinds of trifles.
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We built [socialistic society] for the sake of real personal liberty, liberty without quotation marks.
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Real liberty exists only there where exploitation has been annihilated, where no oppression of some peoples by others exists, where there is no unemployment and pauperism, where a person does not tremble because tomorrow he may lose his job, home and bread.
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It was necessary, temporarily, to limit certain requirements, accumulate necessary means, strain forces. We acted precisely in this way and built a socialist society.
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There are capitalist states which consider themselves cheated, during previous redivisions of spheres of influence, territories, sources of raw materials, markets, etc., and which would again desire to redivide them to their own advantage.
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In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
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Everybody has a right to be stupid, but some people abuse the privilege.
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Each position, each metre of the Soviet territory must be stubbornly defended, to the last drop of blood. We must cling to every inch of Soviet soil and defend it to the end!
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A man's eyes should be torn out if he can only see the past.
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Bukharin's a swine and surely worse than a swine because he thinks it below his dignity to write a couple of lines.
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Remember how the first world war broke out. It broke out as a result of the desire to redivide the world.
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The reason why there is now no communist government in Paris is because in the circumstances of 1945 the Soviet army was not able to reach French soil.
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Do you remember the tsar? Well, I‘m like a tsar.
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[After Communism succeeds] ...then, there will come a peace across the earth.
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In my opinion, there are two focal points of the war danger. The first focal point is the Far East zone of Japan. The second focal point in the zone is Germany.
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When there's a person, there's a problem. When there's no person, there's no problem.
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This war is not an ordinary war. It is the war of the entire Russian people. Not only to eliminate the danger hanging over our heads, but to aid all people groaning under the yoke of Fascism.
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Take some exercise, try to recover the look of a human being.
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The people will always attempt to find the positive aspects of all circumstances, which, in themselves, are not susceptible to danger.
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Our new election system will spur on all institutions and organizations and will force them to improve their work.