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

Quote by Nikita Khrushchev

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

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

The press is our chief ideological weapon.

The press is our chief ideological weapon.

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,...

I once said, We will bury you, and I got into trouble with it. Of...

I once said, We will bury you, and I got into trouble with it. Of...

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

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

The main difference for the history of the world if I had been shot rather...

The main difference for the history of the world if I had been shot rather...

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.

When it comes to combating imperialism we are all Stalinists.

When it comes to combating imperialism we are all Stalinists.

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...

When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to heal, so...

When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to heal, so...

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,...

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.

Bombs do not choose. They will hit everything.

Bombs do not choose. They will hit everything.

I want to talk to these people because they stay in power and you change...

I want to talk to these people because they stay in power and you change...

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

Support by United States rulers is rather in the nature of the support that the...

Support by United States rulers is rather in the nature of the support that the...

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

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

If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.

If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.

He was a crystal of morality among our scientists.

He was a crystal of morality among our scientists.

Revolutions are not made for export.

Revolutions are not made for export.