Quotes by Joseph Stalin

About Joseph Stalin:

Joseph Stalin was 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.
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In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.

Joseph Stalin

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

Joseph Stalin

Death solves all problems - no man, no problem.

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

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

Joseph Stalin

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

Joseph Stalin

Death is the solution to 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

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

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

Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.

Joseph Stalin

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

Joseph Stalin

A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.

Joseph Stalin

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

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.

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

Joseph Stalin

Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

Joseph Stalin

The Pope? How many divisions has he got?

Joseph Stalin

The writer is the engineer of the human soul.

Joseph Stalin

You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.

Joseph Stalin

Author Bio

  • NameJoseph Stalin
  • DescriptionGeneral secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • AliasesJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin; Ioseb Besarionis dze Dzhugashvili; Stalin; Josef Stalin
  • BornDecember 21, 1879
  • DiedMarch 5, 1953
  • CountryRussian Empire; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Soviet Union
  • ProfessionPolitician; Poet; Writer; Revolutionary
  • AwardsOrder Of Lenin; Medal "For The Victory Over Japan"; Medal "For The Victory Over Germany In The Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Order Of The Red Banner; Hero Of Socialist Labour; Hero Of The Soviet Union; Order Of Victory; Order Of Victory; Order Of Lenin; Order Of The Red Banner; Jubilee Medal "XX Years Of The Workers' And Peasants' Red Army"; ; Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945; Order Of Suvorov; ; Medal "For The Defence Of Moscow"; Order Of The Red Banner; Order Of Sukhbaatar; Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945; Order Of The White Lion; Order Of The White Lion; ; Medal "In Commemoration Of The 800th Anniversary Of Moscow"; Order Of Sukhbaatar; Order Of Lenin