Joseph Stalin

The only real power comes out of a long rifle.

Our new Soviet constitution will, in my opinion, be the most democratic constitution of all those existing in the world.

Quantity has a quality all its own.

The press must grow day in and day out – it is our Party’s sharpest and most powerful weapon.

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

In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.

In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone.

As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise human science is at a loss.

Jeb said, ‘we were safe with my brother. We were safe.’ Well, the World Trade Center just fell down! Now, am I trying to blame him? I’m not blaming anybody. But the World Trade Center came down. So when he said, we were safe, that’s not safe.

Sometimes when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face.

I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated.

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the Sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.

I have a great relationship with Kim Jong Un. He gave us back our hostages. I didn’t pay $1.8 billion. I paid nothing. But it was very smart that he did it.

If I were in a swing state, a state that matters, and the choice were Clinton or Trump, I would vote against Trump. And by arithmetic that means hold your nose and vote for Clinton.

Why are we putting people who are already in a vulnerable position through this dreadful, appalling stress?

A fundamental goal of U.S. policy towards Latin America (and elsewhere), long-standing and well-documented, is to take control of the police and military so as to assure that the population will not act upon unacceptable ideas.

In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the issues of foreign policy and defense are fully in the hands of the president.

As you can see, even when [Adolf] Hitler desires to speak for peace, he cannot dispense with threats. This is symptomatic.

The drug war not only gets rid of the superfluous population, it frightens everybody else. Drugs play a role similar to communism or terrorism, people huddle beneath the umbrella of authority for protection from the menace.

You should never be so high and mighty you can’t listen to somebody else and learn something from them. Leadership is as much about using the ear as using the mouth.

The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90’s is final.