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
Joseph StalinThere are on occasions, as we know, when resources are abundant, but they are expended so incompetently that the advantage is nullified.
Joseph StalinIf you think that the people of the Soviet Union have any desire themselves, and moreover, by force, to alter the face of surrounding states, then you are badly mistaken.
Joseph Stalin