Joseph Stalin quotes - page 2

The press must grow day in and day out - it is our Party's sharpest and most powerful weapon. (Joseph Stalin)
Is it possible, then, to doubt that we can and must gain victory over the German invaders? The enemy is not as strong as some terror-stricken pseudo-intellectuals picture him. The devil is not as terrible as he is painted.
Joseph Stalin
What would happen if capital succeeded in smashing the Republic of Soviets? There would set in an era of the blackest reaction in all the capitalist and colonial countries, the working class and the oppressed peoples would be seized by the throat, the positions of international communism would be lost.
Joseph Stalin
Bukharin's a swine and surely worse than a swine because he thinks it below his dignity to write a couple of lines.
Joseph Stalin
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.
Joseph Stalin
There are no fortresses that Bolsheviks cannot storm.
Joseph Stalin
The Jews are not a nation!
Joseph Stalin
Having consolidated its power, and taking the lead of the peasantry, the proletariat of the victorious country can and must build a socialist society.
Joseph Stalin
We do not want a single foot of foreign territory; but of our territory we shall not surrender a single inch to anyone.
Joseph Stalin
Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.
Joseph Stalin
Marxism is not only the theory of socialism, it is an integral world outlook, a philosophical system, from which Marx's proletarian socialism logically follows. This philosophical system is called dialectical materialism. (Joseph Stalin)
We think that a powerful and vigorous movement is impossible without differences - "true conformity" is possible only in the cemetery.
Joseph Stalin
We believe that the Anarchists are real enemies of Marxism.
Joseph Stalin
music's a good thing, it calm the beast in the man.
Joseph Stalin
So the bastard's dead? Too bad we didn't capture him alive!
Joseph Stalin
Does Djilas, who is himself a writer, not know what human suffering and the human heart are? Can't he understand it if a soldier who has crossed thousands of kilometers through blood and fire and death has fun with a wench or takes some trifle?
Joseph Stalin
He can't even shoot straight.
Joseph Stalin
God's not unjust, he doesn't actually exist. We've been deceived. If God existed, he'd have made the world more just... I'll lend you a book and you'll see.
Joseph Stalin
One of Ivan the Terrible's mistakes was to overlook the five great feudal families. If he had annihilated those five families, there would definitely have been no Time of Troubles. But Ivan the Terrible would execute someone and then spend a long time repenting and praying. God got in his way in this matter. He ought to have been still more decisive!
Joseph Stalin
This leads to the conclusion, it is time to finish retreating. Not one step back! Such should now be our main slogan. ... Henceforth the solid law of discipline for each commander, Red Army soldier, and commissar should be the requirement - not a single step back without order from higher command.
Joseph Stalin
It is not heroes that make history, but history that makes heroes. (Joseph Stalin)
In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
Joseph Stalin
Our Red Army now needs IL-2 aircraft like the air it breathes, like the bread it eats.
Joseph Stalin
Quantity has a quality all its own.
Joseph Stalin
I know that the gentlemen in the enemy camp may think of me however they like. I consider it beneath me to try to change the minds of these gentlemen.
Joseph Stalin