Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.

The lights must never go out, The music must always play

No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.

The most important truths are likely to be those which society at that time least wants to hear.

Nobody is ever sent to Hell: he or she insists on going there.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.

Do you remember the tsar? Well, I‘m like a tsar.

In the future, there will be fewer but better Russians.

How do you expect the Germans to revolt when they don't even dare walk on the grass?

The Pope? How many divisions has he got?

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

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

It takes a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army.

I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this - who will count the votes, and how.

Die, but do not retreat.

You know, they are fooling us, there is no God.