The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forc... - Joseph Stalin

"The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to use its means in its defense."

Joseph Stalin Power

Dictator, Communist Leader Georgian-Soviet 1878–1953

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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."

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

"Death is the only way out."

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

"Power without control is just destruction."

"Power is not about control, it's about influence"

"The world doesn't need me to be the hero. It just needs me to be dangerous."

"The claws come out when I need them to."