Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes.

Quote by Nikita Khrushchev

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He who cannot eat horsemeat need not do so. Let him eat pork. But he...

He who cannot eat horsemeat need not do so. Let him eat pork. But he...

Don't you have a machine that puts food into the mouth and pushes it down?

Don't you have a machine that puts food into the mouth and pushes it down?

Comrades! We must abolish the cult of the individual decisively, once and for all

Comrades! We must abolish the cult of the individual decisively, once and for all

All the sparrows on the rooftops are crying about the fact that the most imperialist...

All the sparrows on the rooftops are crying about the fact that the most imperialist...

He was a crystal of morality among our scientists.

He was a crystal of morality among our scientists.

What innocence, may I ask, is being played here when it is known that this...

What innocence, may I ask, is being played here when it is known that this...

If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw a couple of porcupines under...

If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw a couple of porcupines under...

If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

If you live among dogs, keep a stick. After all, this is what a hound...

If you live among dogs, keep a stick. After all, this is what a hound...

Call it what you will, incentives are what get people to work harder.

Call it what you will, incentives are what get people to work harder.

But life is a great school. It thrashes and bangs and teaches you

But life is a great school. It thrashes and bangs and teaches you

One of the major principles is that Soviet literature must be inseverably linked with the...

One of the major principles is that Soviet literature must be inseverably linked with the...

In a fight you don't stop to choose your cudgels.

In a fight you don't stop to choose your cudgels.

Bombs do not choose. They will hit everything.

Bombs do not choose. They will hit everything.

Do you think when two representatives holding diametrically opposing views get together and shake hands,...

Do you think when two representatives holding diametrically opposing views get together and shake hands,...

What the scientists have in their briefcases is terrifying.

What the scientists have in their briefcases is terrifying.

We say the name of God, but that is only habit.

We say the name of God, but that is only habit.

They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves.

They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves.

The purpose of the United Nations should be to protect the essential sovereignty of nations,...

The purpose of the United Nations should be to protect the essential sovereignty of nations,...

When it comes to combating imperialism we are all Stalinists.

When it comes to combating imperialism we are all Stalinists.