Joseph Stalin

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

American Communists have the opportunity to preach freely their ideas. It would be absolutely wrong to hold the Soviet government responsible for activities of the American Communists.

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.

I trust no one, not even myself.

Music’s a good thing, it calm the beast in the man.

He who votes does not have power. He who counts the votes has power.

When you chop wood, splinters fly

It’s not going to be easy to proceed. There are going to be barriers, difficulties, hardships, failures- it’s inevitable. But unless the process that is taking place here and elsewhere in the country and around the world, unless that continues to grow and becomes a major force in the social and political world, the chances for a decent future are not very high.

I decided to invite Donald Trump on his visit to Britain to come with me to my constituency because he has problems with Mexicans and he has problems with Muslims.

There were no strategic mistakes that could affect Russia’s history and it further development. No, there were no such mistakes. Tactical errors were made in some less significant options, problems and so on. But, on the whole, Russia embarked on a correct path and it changed.

Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely and who rely on you

At the deepest level, the media contribute to the sense that the government is the enemy, and they suppress the sources of real power in the society, which lie in the totalitarian institutions-the corporations, now international in scale -that control the economy and much of our social life.

When asked for your views, by the press or others, remember that what they really want to know is the President’s views.

Everybody’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s a really easy way: stop participating in it.

Education is a system of imposed ignorance.

When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.

Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation can be brought – by force of circumstances, not argument – to reconcile itself to any kind of government or religion that can be devised; in time it will fit itself to the required conditions; later it will prefer them and will fiercely fight for them.

The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph was far more radical than that from telephone to email!

We must understand that governments cannot create real jobs. Only entrepreneurs can do that.

My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust. I appreciate this.

If you do what you believe in, you’re strong. It’s when you don’t do what you believe in that you’re weak. And we are strong.