Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalinwas the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Holding the post of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he was effectively the dictator of the state...
NationalityGeorgian
ProfessionLeader
Date of Birth21 December 1879
CountryGeorgia
freedom gun-control weapons
If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.
army men brave
It takes a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army.
party important vote
I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this - who will count the votes, and how.
iron water different
Words are one thing - deeds something entirely different. Fine words are a mask to cover shady deeds. A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.
stars army reality
Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.
people leader immortal
The leaders come and go, but the people remain. Only the people are immortal.
world vengeance victim
To choose one's victims, to prepare one's plan minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then to go to bedthere is nothing sweeter in the world.
democracy fewer
In the future, there will be fewer but better Russians.
law death-penalty penalties
In the U.S.S.R. anti-semitism is punishable with the utmost severity of the law as a phenomenon deeply hostile to the Soviet system. Under U.S.S.R. law active anti-semites are liable to the death penalty.
strong doubt enemy
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.
loss hair lost-friendship
You do not lament the loss of hair of one who has been beheaded.
war people yoke
This war is not an ordinary war. It is the war of the entire Russian people. Not only to eliminate the danger hanging over our heads, but to aid all people groaning under the yoke of Fascism
men calm beast
music's a good thing, it calm the beast in the man.
peace airplane government
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.