Nikita Khrushchev
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"Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev" was a Russian politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union/First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Premier of the Soviet Union/Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Soviet Union)/Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964. Khrushchev was responsible for the de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union, for backing the progress of the early Soviet space program, and for several relatively liberal reforms in areas of domestic policy. Khrushchev's party colleagues removed him from power in 1964, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and Alexei Kosygin as Premier.

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Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Politicians are the same the world over: they promise to build a bridge even when there is no river.

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

The main difference for the history of the world if I had been shot rather than Kennedy is that Onassis probably wouldn't have married Mrs Khrushchev.

About the capitalist states, it doesn't depend on you whether we (Soviet Union) exist. If you don't like us, don't accept our invitations, and don't invite us to come to see you. Whether you like it our not, history is on our side. We will bury you.

The survivors would envy the dead.

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

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.

Berlin is the testicle of the West. When I want the West to scream, I squeeze on Berlin.

The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.

I once said, 'We will bury you,' and I got into trouble with it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you.

Support by United States rulers is rather in the nature of the support that the rope gives to a hanged man.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.