Joseph Stalin

"Humor can be a weapon against oppression."

"The truth will always find a way out."

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself, and those who oppose us."

"I trust no one, not even myself."

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

"The Pope! How many divisions has he got?"

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

"Gratitude is a disease of dogs."

"The intelligentsia is the worst social stratum."

"We cannot expect the American people to jump from capitalism to communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in making small steps toward their goal each day."

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

"When there is a person, there is a problem. When there is no person, there is no problem."

"Cadres decide everything."

"The only real power comes from a rifle barrel."

"You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves."

"History shows that there are no invincible armies."

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

"Discipline is the foundation of success."

"To choose one's victims, to prepare one's plans minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then to go to bed... there is nothing sweeter in the world."

"Find yourself a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life."

"A man may die, nations may rise and wane, but an idea lives on."

"The task of the party is to serve the people, not to dominate them."

"Mercilessness is the highest form of mercy."

"We Bolsheviks are accused of being terrorists. But what are we compared with the organized terror of the capitalist world?"

"In the Soviet Union, it is forbidden to forbid."

"Great innovations often meet with great resistance."

"Comrades! We must abolish the cult of personality decisively, once and for all."

"The writer is the engineer of the human soul."

"Quantity has a quality all its own."

"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes do not decide an election, the people who count the votes do."