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

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.

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

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?

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.

Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

A man's eyes should be torn out if he can only see the past

He who votes does not have power. He who counts the votes has power.

Quantity has a quality all its own.