Joseph Stalin Army Quotations

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

This war is not as in the past; whoever occupies a territory also imposes on it his own social system. Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach. It cannot be otherwise. If now there is not a communist government in Paris, this is only because Russia has no an army which can reach Paris in 1945.

There is no doubt that the adsence of a second front in Europe considerably relieves the position of the German army.

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

It takes a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army.

Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.

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

Our Red Army now needs IL-2 aircraft like the air it breathes, like the bread it eats.

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.

The Red Army and Navy and the whole Soviet people must fight for every inch of Soviet soil, fight to the last drop of blood for our towns and villages...onward, to victory!

The death of one man is tragic, but the death of thousands is statistic

Ah, these diplomats! What chatterboxes! There's only one way to shut them up - cut them down with machine guns. Bulganin, go and get me one!