--- title: "7 Capitalist Quotes By Joseph Stalin" description: "7 Capitalist quotes by Joseph Stalin. Plus more from Joseph Stalin and more Capitalist sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b50/joseph-stalin-1734_able_in-speaking-of-the-capitalists-who-striv_683477.jpg" --- > [In speaking of the capitalists who strive only for profit, only to get rich, I do not want to say that these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/in-speaking-of-the-capitalists-who-strive-only-for-profit-only-to-get/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b50/joseph-stalin-1734_able_in-speaking-of-the-capitalists-who-striv_683477.jpg) > [Undoubtedly, our path is not of the easiest; but, just as undoubtedly, we are not to be frightened by difficulties. Paraphrasing from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/undoubtedly-our-path-is-not-of-the-easiest-but-just-as-undoubtedly-we/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a79/joseph-stalin-1734_adversity_undoubtedly-our-path-is-not-of-the-easie_1114029.jpg) > [Many understand "state socialism" in this way. Sometimes a system is concealed behind this term in which the capitalist state, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/many-understand-state-socialism-in-this-way-sometimes-a-system-is/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/joseph-stalin-1734_behinds_many-understand-state-socialism-in-this_1544623.jpg) > [There are capitalist states which consider themselves cheated, during previous redivisions of spheres of influence, territories, sources of raw materials, markets, etc.,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/there-are-capitalist-states-which-consider-themselves-cheated-during/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/joseph-stalin-1734_advantage_there-are-capitalist-states-which-consid_2145018.jpg) > [We have no parties standing in opposition to each other, just as we have no class of capitalists and a class of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/we-have-no-parties-standing-in-opposition-to-each-other-just-as-we/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/joseph-stalin-1734_capitalist_we-have-no-parties-standing-in-oppositio_2779447.jpg) > [What would happen if capital succeeded in smashing the Republic of Soviets? There would set in an era of the blackest reaction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/what-would-happen-if-capital-succeeded-in-smashing-the-republic-of/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82e/joseph-stalin-1734_capitalist_what-would-happen-if-capital-succeeded-i_3099483.jpg) > [Marxists have more than once pointed out that the capitalist world economic system contains in itself the seeds of a general crisis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/marxists-have-more-than-once-pointed-out-that-the-capitalist-world/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/joseph-stalin-1734_capitalism_marxists-have-more-than-once-pointed-out_3122030.jpg) ## Other authors on Capitalist ## More by Joseph Stalin > [ Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a \[Soviet socialistic\] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/neither-italian-fascism-nor-german-national-socialism-have-anything/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) > [There is no nation in the whole world desiring war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/there-is-no-nation-in-the-whole-world-desiring-war/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) > [Our Red Army now needs IL-2 aircraft like the air it breathes, like the bread it eats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/our-red-army-now-needs-il-2-aircraft-like-the-air-it-breathes-like/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) > [If things should go too far and deportation of all whiteguard emigres from the United States were demanded, this would be an attempt against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/if-things-should-go-too-far-and-deportation-of-all-whiteguard-emigres/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) > [We think that a powerful and vigorous movement is impossible without differences - "true conformity" is possible only in the cemetery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/we-think-that-a-powerful-and-vigorous-movement-is-impossible-without/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) > [ \[American Communist Party\] legally exists in the U.S.A., it nominates its candidates in the elections, including Presidential elections. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/american-communist-party-legally-exists-in-the-u-s-a-it-nominates-its/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) > [“Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/gratitude-is-an-illness-suffered-by-dogs/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) > [A man's eyes should be torn out if he can only see the past](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/a-man-s-eyes-should-be-torn-out-if-he-can-only-see-the-past/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) > [One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/one-death-is-a-tragedy-a-million-is-a-statistic/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) > [Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/education-is-a-weapon-whose-effect-depends-on-who-holds-it-in-his/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) > [To slacken the tempo...would mean falling behind. And those who fall behind get beaten...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/to-slacken-the-tempo-would-mean-falling-behind-and-those-who-fall/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) > [You do not lament the loss of hair of one who has been beheaded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/you-do-not-lament-the-loss-of-hair-of-one-who-has-been-beheaded/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) > [The Red Army and Navy and the whole Soviet people must fight for every inch of Soviet soil, fight to the last drop of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/the-red-army-and-navy-and-the-whole-soviet-people-must-fight-for/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) > [ I admit that I do not recall the speeches of Comrades \[Earl\] Browder and \[Samuel\] Darcy. I do not even recall of what they… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/i-admit-that-i-do-not-recall-the-speeches-of-comrades-earl-browder/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) > [He who casts a vote decides nothing. He who counts the vote decides everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/he-who-casts-a-vote-decides-nothing-he-who-counts-the-vote-decides/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalist/joseph-stalin/#itemlist", "name": "7 Capitalist Quotes By Joseph Stalin", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In speaking of the capitalists who strive only for profit, only to get rich, I do not want to say that these are the most worthless people capable of doing nothing else. 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