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<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/joseph-stalin" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Joseph Stalin"  src="//izquotes.com/images/joseph-stalin-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/a-sincere-diplomat-is-like-dry-water-or-wooden-iron-176300" class="qlink">A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/joseph-stalin">Joseph Stalin</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Speech The Elections in St. Petersburg (January 1913) - Stalin's speeches, writings and authorised interviews</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/a-sincere-diplomat-is-like-dry-water-or-wooden-iron-176300',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjoseph-stalin%2Fa-sincere-diplomat-is-like-dry-water-or-wooden-iron-176300&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=A+sincere+diplomat+is+like+dry+water+or+wooden+iron.+%28Joseph+Stalin%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjoseph-stalin%2Fa-sincere-diplomat-is-like-dry-water-or-wooden-iron-176300',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/a-sincere-diplomat-is-like-dry-water-or-wooden-iron-176300" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/joseph-stalin" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Joseph Stalin"  src="//izquotes.com/images/joseph-stalin-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/education-is-a-weapon-whose-effects-depend-on-who-holds-it-in-his-hands-and-at-whom-it-is-aimed-176303" class="qlink">Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/joseph-stalin">Joseph Stalin</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Interview with H. G. Wells (September 1937) - Stalin's speeches, writings and authorised interviews</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/education-is-a-weapon-whose-effects-depend-on-who-holds-it-in-his-hands-and-at-whom-it-is-aimed-176303',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjoseph-stalin%2Feducation-is-a-weapon-whose-effects-depend-on-who-holds-it-in-his-hands-and-at-whom-it-is-aimed-176303&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=Education+is+a+weapon+whose+effects+depend+on+who+holds+it+in+his+hands+and+at+whom+it+is...+%28Joseph+Stalin%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjoseph-stalin%2Feducation-is-a-weapon-whose-effects-depend-on-who-holds-it-in-his-hands-and-at-whom-it-is-aimed-176303',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/education-is-a-weapon-whose-effects-depend-on-who-holds-it-in-his-hands-and-at-whom-it-is-aimed-176303" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/joseph-stalin" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Joseph Stalin"  src="//izquotes.com/images/joseph-stalin-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/everyone-imposes-his-own-system-as-far-as-his-army-can-reach-176304" class="qlink">Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/joseph-stalin">Joseph Stalin</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Said in April, 1945. As quoted in: Conversations with Stalin (1963), Milovan Djilas</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/everyone-imposes-his-own-system-as-far-as-his-army-can-reach-176304',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjoseph-stalin%2Feveryone-imposes-his-own-system-as-far-as-his-army-can-reach-176304&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=Everyone+imposes+his+own+system+as+far+as+his+army+can+reach.+%28Joseph+Stalin%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjoseph-stalin%2Feveryone-imposes-his-own-system-as-far-as-his-army-can-reach-176304',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/everyone-imposes-his-own-system-as-far-as-his-army-can-reach-176304" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/joseph-stalin" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Joseph Stalin"  src="//izquotes.com/images/joseph-stalin-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/gaiety-is-the-most-outstanding-feature-of-the-soviet-union-176305" class="qlink">Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/joseph-stalin">Joseph Stalin</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> In a speech in 1935. Quoted in: Newsweek, Volume 104, Issues 10-18 (1984)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/gaiety-is-the-most-outstanding-feature-of-the-soviet-union-176305',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjoseph-stalin%2Fgaiety-is-the-most-outstanding-feature-of-the-soviet-union-176305&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=Gaiety+is+the+most+outstanding+feature+of+the+Soviet+Union.+%28Joseph+Stalin%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjoseph-stalin%2Fgaiety-is-the-most-outstanding-feature-of-the-soviet-union-176305',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/gaiety-is-the-most-outstanding-feature-of-the-soviet-union-176305" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/joseph-stalin" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Joseph Stalin"  src="//izquotes.com/images/joseph-stalin-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/gratitude-is-a-sickness-suffered-by-dogs-176306" class="qlink">Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/joseph-stalin">Joseph Stalin</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> As quoted in The Memoirs of former Stalin's secretary (1992) by Boris Bazhanov [Saint Petersburg] (in Russian) - Contemporary witnesses</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/gratitude-is-a-sickness-suffered-by-dogs-176306',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjoseph-stalin%2Fgratitude-is-a-sickness-suffered-by-dogs-176306&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=Gratitude+is+a+sickness+suffered+by+dogs.+%28Joseph+Stalin%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjoseph-stalin%2Fgratitude-is-a-sickness-suffered-by-dogs-176306',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/gratitude-is-a-sickness-suffered-by-dogs-176306" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/joseph-stalin" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Joseph Stalin"  src="//izquotes.com/images/joseph-stalin-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/history-shows-that-there-are-no-invincible-armies-176307" class="qlink">History shows that there are no invincible armies.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/joseph-stalin">Joseph Stalin</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Radio Address "Comrades! Citizens! Brothers and sisters! Men of our army and navy!", on 3 July 1941</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/history-shows-that-there-are-no-invincible-armies-176307',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjoseph-stalin%2Fhistory-shows-that-there-are-no-invincible-armies-176307&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=History+shows+that+there+are+no+invincible+armies.+%28Joseph+Stalin%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjoseph-stalin%2Fhistory-shows-that-there-are-no-invincible-armies-176307',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/history-shows-that-there-are-no-invincible-armies-176307" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/joseph-stalin" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Joseph Stalin"  src="//izquotes.com/images/joseph-stalin-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/i-believe-in-one-thing-only-the-power-of-human-will-176308" class="qlink">I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/joseph-stalin">Joseph Stalin</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/i-believe-in-one-thing-only-the-power-of-human-will-176308',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjoseph-stalin%2Fi-believe-in-one-thing-only-the-power-of-human-will-176308&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=I+believe+in+one+thing+only%2C+the+power+of+human+will.+%28Joseph+Stalin%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjoseph-stalin%2Fi-believe-in-one-thing-only-the-power-of-human-will-176308',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/i-believe-in-one-thing-only-the-power-of-human-will-176308" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/joseph-stalin" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Joseph Stalin"  src="//izquotes.com/images/joseph-stalin-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/i-trust-no-one-not-even-myself-176309" class="qlink">I trust no one, not even myself.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/joseph-stalin">Joseph Stalin</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Remark to Nikita Khrushchev and Anastas Mikoyan. Quoted in "Khrushchev: Notes from a Forbidden Land", Time, 30 November 1970.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/i-trust-no-one-not-even-myself-176309',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjoseph-stalin%2Fi-trust-no-one-not-even-myself-176309&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=I+trust+no+one%2C+not+even+myself.+%28Joseph+Stalin%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjoseph-stalin%2Fi-trust-no-one-not-even-myself-176309',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/joseph-stalin/i-trust-no-one-not-even-myself-176309" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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