Ioseb Besarions dze Jughhasvili, or, as most people know him Joseph Stalin, was one of the most interesting persons ever.
Many politicians, historians, lawyers from all around the world are interested intot this man, his life, his choices, and the way he was making those choices.
We all know that he was strict and cruel, even with his close people. But, why?
Maybe, because he had horrible father, because his mother head very difficult life? Maybe, because he lost his first love on a tragic way? Or maybe because of his disability?
I can not give you the answer to that question.
But, I can share with you some of his most interesting quotations, and those quotations will help you to find out more about his personality.
A single death is a tragedy, milon deaths is a statistic.
This is very cruel, isn't it? But, when you think a bit about it, it is actually very true. When one man dies, in fire, in war, in car accident. One single name, with name, family, profession... that is very sad. Specially for the people, who know that man.
But, when milion people lose their lives, in war, in pandemic, in natural disaster, that is a statistic. For example, milion people died during the flu pandemic in 1968. No names, no professsions, no families, just a number. One milion.
Maybe, the society, the media, even the life is cruel, and not Stalin, he just said the truth. Sad truth.
It is not heroes that make history, but the history that makes heroes.
This is also truth. There are many admirals, generals, politicians... and we all know their names, but they were not those who were in any battle, they were not killing other people, they were not killed by other people. There are many nameless people, who were killing each others in wars, and who were changing history.
Many, many small people, people you will never know anything about. Statistic, numbers...
When there is a person, there is a problem. Death is the solution. No man, no problem.
Okay, here is Stalin's cruelty, he was solving peoblems by killing people who were making those problems. For him, killing someone, was the easiest way to solve the problem.
I believe in only one thing, the power of human will.
He came from the bottom, and he went to the top. He was nobody, and then he became the most powerful man in the world. Thanks to his will. He always knew what he wants. His will was leading him.
Gratidude is an illness, suffered by dogs.
Once more, he came from the mud, thanks to himself. He has no reason to be grateful to anyone except to himslef. Dog are grateful all the time, and because of that they seem very humbly. He was everything except humbly.
One one meeting, during the first couple years after tStalin became the president of the Soviet Union, one man told to Stalin that people in villages do not have enough food, that they are hungry. He said that they do not even have enough milk for their children. And, they were fighting for socialism, they gave their best, but now, they are hungry.
And, Stalin said to him "Socialism is the social revival movement, it is supposed ot make the whole country go forward. Whole Soviet Union will become powerful and rich country. And, all that thanks to socialism. Socialism is supposed to make big changes in the whole scoiety, and it is not a cow that will give milk for your children."
This is just showing us that Stalin knew his goal. He wanted to be the president of the most powerful country in the whole world. He was interested into power, and not into children.
Big wakneses are what prevent small people to become big and powerful.
Man of Steel. Dictator. Cruel man. Strick man. Evil man.
One of the most popular men of all times.
Joseph Stalin. You may love him, you may hate him, you may be disgust by waht he was doing. But you have opinion for sure.
What is you opinion about this man?
Do you have your favorite quotation by Stalin?
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