Joseph Stalin

The greatest delight is to mark one's enemy, prepare everything, avenge oneself thoroughly, and then go to sleep.

The people who cast the votes do not decide an election, the people who count the votes do.

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

The only real power comes out of a long rifle.

Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't allow our enemies to have guns, why should we allow them to have ideas?

Die, but do not retreat.

Gratitude is a sickness, suffered by dogs.

In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than to advance.

The writer is the engineer of the human soul.

Death solves all problems - No man, no problem.

The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.

You do not lament the loss of hair of one who has been beheaded.

The Pope! How many divisions has _he_ got ?

Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.

A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.

The people who cast the votes don�t decide an election, the people who count the votes do.

Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?

A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.