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Joseph Stalin

Born: December 18, 1878

Died: March 5, 1953

Nationality: Georgian

Occupation: Leader

Biography: Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 until his death in 5 March 1953. Among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the Russian Revolution in 1917, Stalin held the position of General Secretary of the party's Central Committee from 1922 until his death.

Joseph Stalin

“A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.”

- Joseph Stalin

Source/Notes: Speech The Elections in St. Petersburg (January 1913) - Stalin's speeches, writings and authorised interviews
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Joseph Stalin

“Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.”

- Joseph Stalin

Source/Notes: Interview with H. G. Wells (September 1937) - Stalin's speeches, writings and authorised interviews
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Joseph Stalin

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

- Joseph Stalin

Source/Notes: Said in April, 1945. As quoted in: Conversations with Stalin (1963), Milovan Djilas
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Joseph Stalin

“Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.”

- Joseph Stalin

Source/Notes: In a speech in 1935. Quoted in: Newsweek, Volume 104, Issues 10-18 (1984)
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“Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.”

- Joseph Stalin

Source/Notes: As quoted in The Memoirs of former Stalin's secretary (1992) by Boris Bazhanov [Saint Petersburg] (in Russian) - Contemporary witnesses
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Joseph Stalin

“History shows that there are no invincible armies.”

- Joseph Stalin

Source/Notes: Radio Address "Comrades! Citizens! Brothers and sisters! Men of our army and navy!", on 3 July 1941
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Joseph Stalin

“I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.”

- Joseph Stalin

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Joseph Stalin

“I trust no one, not even myself.”

- Joseph Stalin

Source/Notes: Remark to Nikita Khrushchev and Anastas Mikoyan. Quoted in "Khrushchev: Notes from a Forbidden Land", Time, 30 November 1970.
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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

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Joseph Stalin

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

- Joseph Stalin

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“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.”

- Joseph Stalin

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Joseph Stalin

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

- Joseph Stalin

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

- Joseph Stalin

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

- Joseph Stalin

Source/Notes: This quote is widely attributed to Stalin, but may have been originated from a similar statement from the work "Französischer Witz" by Kurt Tucholsky (1932).
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