Quotes by Joseph Stalin

The death of one is a tragedy. The death of millions is just a statistic.

Those who vote decide nothing; those who count the votes decide everything.

A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.

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.

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

Die, but do not retreat.