Political power does not rest with those who cast votes; political power rests with those who count votes. Joseph Stalin More Quotes by Joseph Stalin More Quotes From Joseph Stalin We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us. Joseph Stalin crush distance country Voters decide nothing. Vote counters decide everything! Joseph Stalin voters vote In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance. Joseph Stalin retreat army courage Obviously these [white-guard] emigres enjoy the right of asylum existing also in the U.S. So far as we are concerned we would never tolerate a single terrorist in our territory regardless against whom he would contemplate his crimes. Apparently the right of asylum receives broader interpretation in the U.S.A. than in our country. Joseph Stalin asylums white country music's a good thing, it calm the beast in the man. Joseph Stalin calm beast men [American Communist Party] legally exists in the U.S.A., it nominates its candidates in the elections, including Presidential elections. Joseph Stalin presidential election party If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves. Joseph Stalin gun-control freedom weapons Real liberty exists only there where exploitation has been annihilated, where no oppression of some peoples by others exists, where there is no unemployment and pauperism, where a person does not tremble because tomorrow he may lose his job, home and bread. Joseph Stalin real home jobs There is talk ... of our constructing Dnieprostroy through our own means. The means needed are great, several hundred millions. Let us not get into the position of the peasant who, after accumulating a nest-egg, instead of repairing his plough and renewing his equipment, buys a gramophone and goes bankrupt. Joseph Stalin nests eggs mean You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves. Joseph Stalin gloves revolution anger The Red Army and Navy and the whole Soviet people must fight for every inch of Soviet soil, fight to the last drop of blood for our towns and villages...onward, to victory! Joseph Stalin fighting change war You do not lament the loss of hair of one who has been beheaded. Joseph Stalin lost-friendship loss hair I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy. Joseph Stalin rubbish mercy wind Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach. Joseph Stalin army stars reality In the future, there will be fewer but better Russians. Joseph Stalin fewer democracy Marxism is not only the theory of socialism, it is an integral world outlook, a philosophical system, from which Marx’s proletarian socialism logically follows. This philosophical system is called dialectical materialism. Joseph Stalin materialism philosophical world Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin outstanding soviet-union unions When you chop wood, splinters fly Joseph Stalin splinters woods There is not, nor should there be, an irreconcilable contrast between the individual and the collective, between the interests of an individual person and the interests of the collective. Joseph Stalin individual political should 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. Joseph Stalin division fundamentals mean