History shows that there are no invincible armies.

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History shows that there are no invincible armies.

Joseph Stalin

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

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

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You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.

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When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.

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A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.

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Death solves all problems – no man, no problem.

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

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I trust no one, not even myself.

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

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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.

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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.

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The people who cast the votes don’t decide an election, the people who count the votes do.

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

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The only real power comes out of a long rifle.

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The Pope? How many divisions has he got?

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Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

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Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.

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We don’t let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?

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

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

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

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The writer is the engineer of the human soul.

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Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts.

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Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.

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Death is the solution to all problems. No man – no problem.

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