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The people who cast the votes decide nothing the people who count the votes decide everything.

Joseph Stalin

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Joseph Stalin
Age: 74 †
Born: 1878
Born: December 18
Died: 1953
Died: March 5
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Former Premier Of The Soviet Union
Politician
Revolutionary
Ioseb Besarionis dze Dzhugashvili
Stalin
Josef Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovitch Stalin
Koba
Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
Joey Stalin
Uncle Joe
Yosif Dzhugashvili
Vote
Everything
Nothing
Votes
People
Voters
Count
Cast
Casts
Decide

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The leaders come and go, but the people remain. Only the people are immortal.
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