166 Quotes by Joseph Stalin

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

A cadre must know how to carry out instructions, must understand them, adopt them as his own. attach the greatest importance to them, and make them part of his very existence. Otherwise, politics loses its meaning and consists merely of gesticulating. Hence the decisive importance of the cadres department in the apparatus of the Central Committee. Every functionary must be closely studied, from every angle and in the most minute detail.

Social Democrats will always protest against persecution of Catholicism or Protestantism; they will always defend the right of nations to profess any religion they please; but at the same time, on the basis of a correct understanding of the interests of the proletariat, they will carry on agitation against Catholicism, Protestantism and the religion of the Orthodox Church in order to achieve the triumph of the socialist world outlook.

When the Bolsheviks came to power they were soft and easy with their enemies . . . we had begun by making a mistake. Leniency towards such a power was a crime against the working classes. That soon became apparent . . .

History shows that there are no invincible armies and that there never have been.

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.

music's a good thing, it calm the beast in the man.

Hitlers come and go, but Germany and the German people remain.

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