Joseph Stalin

leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953

Joseph Stalin (December 18, 1878 – March 5, 1953) was the leader of the communist USSR from 1922 until his death in 1953.

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Joseph Stalin

Sourced quotes

  • "To choose one's victims, to prepare one's plans minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then to go to bed - there is nothing sweeter in the world."[1]     
Simple: It is sweet to choose your victims and take revenge on them before bedtime.
  • "One death is a tragedy, one million is a statistic."[1]
Simple: If you kill millions of people, it seems less tragic than if one person dies.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Stalin". Random House. Retrieved on 2009-08-19

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