Joseph Stalin

The reason why there is now no communist government in Paris is because in the circumstances of 1945 the Soviet army was not able to reach French soil.

There are on occasions, as we know, when resources are abundant, but they are expended so incompetently that the advantage is nullified.

Nobody respects a country with a poor army, but everybody respects a country with a good army. I raise my toast to the Finnish army

Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don’t let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?

At this point the question of Ukraine is the most important. The situation in Ukraine is very bad. If we don’t take steps now to improve the situation, we may lose Ukraine. The objective should be to transform Ukraine , in the shortest period of time, into a real fortress of the U.S.S.R.

World War II was fought for the abolition of racial exclusiveness, equality of nations and the integrity of their territories, liberation of enslaved nations and restoration of their sovereign rights, the right of every nation to arrange its affairs as it wishes, economic aid to nations that have suffered and assistance to them in attaining their material welfare, restoration of democratic liberties, and destruction of the Hitlerite regime.

Being a teacher is not what I do, it’s who I am.

An educated person, I think, is one who not only knows a lot, but knows how to do a lot of things.

America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.

If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that.

The Supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things – the power to tell the good from the bad, the genuine from the counterfeit, and to prefer the good and the genuine to the bad and the counterfeit.

The universe is not indifferent to intelligence, it is actively hostile to it.

Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sake — but for the future of our nation’s sake. Nothing matters more to the future of our country: not our military preparedness — for armed might is worthless if we lack the brainpower to build world peace; not our productive economy — for we cannot sustain growth without trained manpower; not our democratic system of government – for freedom is fragile if citizens are ignorant.

I was a great student. I was good at everything.

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.

Women who earn a certificate or degree from a community college, especially in STEM-related field, will be ready to move into a good-paying job in the growing global economy. Community colleges also offer mentorship and support that goes far beyond the classroom.

I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I left school when I was 15 years old. And if I – if I’m not interested in something, I don’t grasp it.

You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past – whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever.

Community colleges are certainly one of America’s best-kept secrets.

We seldom suffer from taking our subject of study too seriously, but we usually suffer when we take ourselves too seriously.

All students can learn and succeed, but not on the same day in the same way.