The State is a machine in the hands of the ruling class for… - Joseph Stalin

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The State is a machine in the hands of the ruling class for suppressing the resistance of its class enemies. in this respect the dictatorship of the proletariat does not differ essentially from dictatorship of any other class, for the proletarian State is a machine for the suppression of the bourgeoisie.

Joseph Stalin

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Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; 21 December {9 December Old Style} 1879 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He served as both General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1941–1953). Despite initially governing the country as part of a collective leadership, he ultimately consolidated power to become the Soviet Union's dictator by the 1930s. A communist ideologically committed to the Leninist interpretation of Marxism, Stalin formalised these ideas as Marxism–Leninism while his own policies are known as Stalinism. He was the father of Svetlana Alliluyeva.

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Pen Names: Сталин • Staline • Koba

Native Name: იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე ჯუღაშვილი • Иосиф Виссарионович Джугашвили

Also Known As: Uncle Joe

Alternative Names: Ioseb Besarionis dze Dzhugashvili • Stalin • Josef Stalin • Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin • Joseph Vissarionovitch Stalin • Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili • Joey Stalin • Yosif Dzhugashvili • Ioseb Jugashvili • Ioseb Dzhugashvili • General Secretary Joseph Stalin • General Secretary Stalin • Stavros Papadopoulos

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The State is a machine in the hands of the governing class for suppressing the resistance of its class antagonists. In this way the dictatorship of the proletariat differs in no way essentially from the dictatorship of any other class.

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Vladimir Lenin Leon Trotsky Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Joseph Goebbels

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In Russian: Наше дело правое — победа будет за нами!

The confidence of the people in the worker-directors of the economy is a great thing, Comrades. The leaders come and go, but the people remain. Only the people are immortal, everything else is ephemeral. That is why it is necessary to appreciate the full value of the confidence of the people.

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

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