Joseph Stalin Quotes
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American democracy and the Soviet system can exist simultaneously and compete peacefully. But one cannot develop into the other.
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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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Quantity has a quality all its own.
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The death of one man is tragic, but the death of thousands is statistic.
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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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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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We built [socialistic society] for the sake of real personal liberty, liberty without quotation marks.
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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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A man's eyes should be torn out if he can only see the past.
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In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
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[After Communism succeeds] ...then, there will come a peace across the earth.
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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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Everybody has a right to be stupid, but some people abuse the privilege.
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Do you remember the tsar? Well, I‘m like a tsar.
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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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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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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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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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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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[Maxim] Litvinov signed his letter not in private capacity but as representative of the state, just as did President [Franklin] Roosevelt. Their agreement represents an agrement between two states. Signing this agreement both Litvinov and President Roosevelt as the representatives of two states have in mind the activities of the agents of those states who should not and will not interfere in each other's internal affairs.
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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 will always attempt to find the positive aspects of all circumstances, which, in themselves, are not susceptible to danger.
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When there's a person, there's a problem. When there's no person, there's no problem.