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Top 30 Joseph Stalin Quotes on Inspiration, Death, War & Life

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4 years ago

July 1, 2020

Who was Joseph Stalin?

Joseph Stalin, full name – Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin; Joseph Stalin was born on December 6, 1878, in Georgia, died on March 5 1953. He was a Georgian revolutionary and had led the Communist Party of the soviet union as the post of General secretary from the 1920s to 1953. Even though he was a part of the Soviet Union as a part of collective leadership, he became the country’s de facto dictator by the 1930s.

Early Life :

Joseph Stalin was born on December 6, 1878, in Georgia. He was born into a home of Georgian, Armenian, Russian, and Jewish communities. He was baptized in the same year on December 29. His father’s name was Besarion Jughashvili, and his mother’s name was Ekaterine Geladze. His parents were both Georgian as so he grew up speaking the same language as theirs. All of the other children of the couple couldn’t make it their lives past the infancy; Joseph came to be an exception.

His father, Besarion, was a shoemaker and had his workshop. The family was living well and good with their lives. Later after some time, the business fell into decline, and the family was drowning in poverty. Because of the mental and financial stress, Besarion became an alcohol addict and used to beat his wife and son often. Ekaterine, Joseph’s mother, and he left home by 1883, wandering for a place to live. They walked through different rented homes and rooms in search of a place to live. They moved the house of a family friend named Christopher in 1886.

Joseph’s mother used to work as a launderer and house cleaner. She was determined and passionate about sending her son to school and get an education. In September of 1888, Stalin got into Gori Church School. He was academically excellent and full of talent. Although, he did get into many fights. He used to paint, write poetry, act in drama classes, and singing. Stalin had faced several health problems in his childhood. First, in 1884 he got smallpox infection, and then at the age of 12, he got hit by a phaeton, which was likely to cause lifelong disability in his left arm.

Political Ideology :

Joseph Stalin has always been a believer in Marxism. Since the age of 15, his political ideology guided him throughout his whole life. He was never a Georgian nationalist, but his Georgian nationalist thought got blended into Marxism with his outlook. J. Alfred, a historian, believed that the society he was raised in was rooted in popular rituals and folklore.

With the changing circumstances, he realized a need for change. In 1917 he declared how he stands with creative Marxism. Volkogonov believed that Joseph’s Marxism came from his dogmatic state of mind. Robert Service, a scholar later said that some developments and ideologies were imperfect developments of Marxism. Stalin said that he was a practical revolutionary Marxist rather than theoretical.

Compilation of Joseph Stalin Quotes

Joseph Stalin Inspirational quotes :

“I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.”
― Joseph Stalin

“Die, but do not retreat.”
― Joseph Stalin

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

“Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.”
― Joseph Stalin

“Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.”
― Joseph Stalin

“The power of the Slavic people is in the strength and determination of their women.”
― Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin quotes on Death :

“A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.”
― Joseph Stalin

“Death is the solution to all problems. No man – no problem.”
― Joseph Stalin

“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

“If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a ‘peace conference’, you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.”
― Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin quotes on War :

“This is impossible to predict. War may break out unexpectedly.”
― Joseph Stalin

“History shows that there are no invincible armies.”
― Joseph Stalin

“This war is not as in the past: whoever occupies a territory also imposes his own social system.”
― Joseph Stalin

“Nowadays wars are not declared. They simply start.”
― Joseph Stalin

“There is no nation in the whole world desiring war.”
― Joseph Stalin

“Artillery is the god of war.”
― Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin quotes on Capitalism and Democracy :

“Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.”
― Joseph Stalin

“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.”
― Joseph Stalin

“Each country, if it so desires, will make its own revolution. And if no such desire exists, no revolution will occur.”
― Joseph Stalin

“Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron”
― Joseph Stalin

“We desire to give the Soviet people absolute liberty of voting for those they desire to elect, those whom they trust to ensure their interests.”
― Joseph Stalin