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Former Premier of the Soviet Union

Joseph Stalin, the former Premier of the Soviet Union, was born on December 18, 1878, and died on March 5, 1953. He was the leader of the Soviet Communist Party and had a profound impact on the political, economic, and military development of the Soviet Union.

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“Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.”

Humans States Citizens Treasure Human Life

Author:Joseph Stalin

“History shows that when a state is intent upon making war against another state, even though not adjacent, it begins to seek frontiers across which it could reach the frontiers of the state which it desires to attack. Usually, the aggressive state finds that frontier.”

War States Shows Desire Aggressive Frontiers

Author:Joseph Stalin

“[State] finds [frontier] either with the aid of force, as in 1914, when Germany invaded Belgium in order to deal a blow against France or it "borrows" a frontier, such as Germany did with regard to Latvia, for instance, in 1918, in attempting to break through to Leningrad across Latvia.”

States Order Force Deals Break Regard Blow Aids Instance France Germany Attempting Frontiers Break Through Belgium Leningrad Latvia

Author:Joseph Stalin

“I have in mind repeated statements by Japanese military men containing threats against other states.”

Men Mind States Military Threat Statements Containing Military Man

Author:Joseph Stalin

“There are capitalist states which consider themselves cheated, during previous redivisions of spheres of influence, territories, sources of raw materials, markets, etc., and which would again desire to redivide them to their own advantage.”

States Desire Influence Materials Source Advantage Etc Territory Spheres Capitalist Cheated Raw Materials Sphere Of Influence

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“If you think that the people of the Soviet Union have any desire themselves, and moreover, by force, to alter the face of surrounding states, then you are badly mistaken.”

People Ifs Thinking States Faces Desire Force Unions Soviet Mistaken Soviet Union

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“I fail to see what dangers surrounding states can see in the ideas of the Soviet people if these states are really firmly seated in their saddles.”

People Ifs Ideas States Failing Danger Soviet Saddles

Author:Joseph Stalin

“According to our constitution, political emigres have the right to reside on our territory. We accord them the right of asylum, the same as the United States accords the right of asylum to political emigres.”

States Political United United States Constitution Territory Accord Asylums

Author:Joseph Stalin

“If things should go too far and deportation of all whiteguard emigres from the United States were demanded, this would be an attempt against the right of asylum promulgated in both the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R.”

Ifs Should States Would Be United United States Asylums Deportation

Author:Joseph Stalin

“[Maxim] Litvinov signed his letter not in private capacity but as representative of the state, just as did President [Franklin] Roosevelt. Their agreement represents an agrement between two states. Signing this agreement both Litvinov and President Roosevelt as the representatives of two states have in mind the activities of the agents of those states who should not and will not interfere in each other's internal affairs.”

Should Mind Two States President Activity Capacity Letters Affair Agents Internals Agreement Representatives Interfere Maxims Franklin Signing Internal Affairs President Roosevelt

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“Admittedly communism has not been achieved in Russia. State socialism has been built.”

Has Beens States Built Russia Socialism Communism

Book:1934-1940

Source: 1934-1940

“Have not fascism in Italy and National Socialism in Germany claimed that they have attained similar results [as in U.S.S.R.]? Have not both been achieved at the price of privation and personal liberty sacrificed for the good of the state?”

States Results Liberty Socialism Germany Fascism Personal Liberty

Book:1934-1940

Source: 1934-1940

“The term "state socialism" is not precise. Under this term many understand an order under which a certain part of the wealth, sometimes a quite considerable part, passes into state ownership or under its control while in the great majority of cases the ownership of plants, factories, and land, remains in private hands.”

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“Many understand "state socialism" in this way. Sometimes a system is concealed behind this term in which the capitalist state, in the interests of preparation for the conduct of war, takes upon itself the maintenance of a certain number of private enterprises.”

Way War Sometimes States Certain Term Interest Numbers Behinds Socialism Preparation Enterprise Capitalist Concealed Maintenance Private Enterprise

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“The society which we have built can in no way be termed "state socialism."The social organization which we have created can be termed a Soviet, socialist organization which has not yet been quite completed, but is in its root a socialist organization of society. The foundation of this society is public ownership.”

Way States Social Built Roots Organization Foundation Socialism Soviet Ownership Socialist This Society Social Organization

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“The United States should get rid of its militias.”

Should States Political United Liberty United States Militia

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“World dictatorship can be established only when the victory of socialism has been achieved in certain countries or groups of countries ... [and] when these federation of republics have finally grown into a world union of Soviet Socialist Republics uniting the whole of mankind under the hegemony of the international proletariat organized as a state.”

“Great Britain provided time; the United States provided money and Soviet Russia provided blood.”

States United History United States Blood Russia Britain Soviet Great Britain Soviet Russia

Author:Joseph Stalin

About the Author

Born: December 18, 1878
Died: March 5, 1953
Known for: Former Premier of the Soviet Union
Quotes: 187

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