Joseph Stalin

The only real power comes out of a long rifle.

— Joseph Stalin

I trust no one, not even myself.

— Joseph Stalin

Artillery is the god of war.

— Joseph Stalin

I love the ladies as I love war

— Joseph Stalin

“Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.”

— Joseph Stalin

Ours is a just cause; victory will be ours!

— Joseph Stalin

Writers are the engineers of human souls.

— Joseph Stalin

Quanity has it's own quality.

— Joseph Stalin

To slacken the tempo...would mean falling behind. And those who fall behind get beaten...

— Joseph Stalin

Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron

— Joseph Stalin

Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.

— Joseph Stalin

A man's eyes should be torn out if he can only see the past

— Joseph Stalin

There are no fortresses that Bolsheviks cannot storm.

— Joseph Stalin

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

— Joseph Stalin

A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.

— Joseph Stalin

Leninism is Marxism of the era of imperialism and the proletarian revolution.

— Joseph Stalin

For instance, our country wanted to effect a revolution, and did effect it, and now we are building a new classless society.

— Joseph Stalin

[American Communist Party] legally exists in the U.S.A., it nominates its candidates in the elections, including Presidential elections.

— Joseph Stalin

Yes, the electoral struggle [in U.S.S.R.] will be animated. It will proceed around numerous very sharp questions, namely, practical questions having first-rate…

— Joseph Stalin

The rich experience of history teaches that up to now not a single class has voluntarily made way for another class.

— Joseph Stalin

Having consolidated its power, and taking the lead of the peasantry, the proletariat of the victorious country can and must build a…

— Joseph Stalin

If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a 'peace conference,' you can be sure his government has already placed…

— Joseph Stalin

America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality and its spiritual life. If we can…

— Joseph Stalin

I have in mind repeated statements by Japanese military men containing threats against other states.

— Joseph Stalin

As we know, the goal of every struggle is victory. But if the proletariat is to achieve victory, all the workers, irrespective…

— Joseph Stalin

It is difficult to say which is more menacing. But both of [points of war danger -Japan and Germany] exist and both…

— Joseph Stalin

There are capitalist states which consider themselves cheated, during previous redivisions of spheres of influence, territories, sources of raw materials, markets, etc.,…

— Joseph Stalin

If things should go too far and deportation of all whiteguard emigres from the United States were demanded, this would be an…

— Joseph Stalin

We secured peace for our country for one and a half years, as well as an opportunity of preparing our forces for…

— Joseph Stalin

Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of…

— Joseph Stalin

Our society consists exclusively of free working people of cities and villages, workers, peasants, intelligentsia. Each of these strata may have its…

— Joseph Stalin

Obviously these [white-guard] emigres enjoy the right of asylum existing also in the U.S. So far as we are concerned we would…

— Joseph Stalin

Undoubtedly, our path is not of the easiest; but, just as undoubtedly, we are not to be frightened by difficulties. Paraphrasing from…

— Joseph Stalin

No revolution can be made with silk gloves.

— Joseph Stalin

The writer is the engineer of the human soul.

— Joseph Stalin

You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.

— Joseph Stalin

Quantity has a quality all its own.

— Joseph Stalin

Do you remember the tsar? Well, I‘m like a tsar.

— Joseph Stalin

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

— Joseph Stalin

Everybody has a right to be stupid, but some people abuse the privilege.

— Joseph Stalin