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.

Quote by Joseph Stalin

Topics: Government Quotes

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

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

Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.

Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.

You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.

You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.

I trust no one, not even myself.

I trust no one, not even myself.

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

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

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

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

The only real power comes out of a long rifle.

The only real power comes out of a long rifle.

Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

The Pope? How many divisions has he got?

The Pope? How many divisions has he got?

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

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

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

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

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

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

The writer is the engineer of the human soul.

The writer is the engineer of the human soul.

A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.

A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.

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

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

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

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

Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron

Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron

Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things I am tempted to...

Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things I am tempted to...

Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this...

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this...