Nikita Khrushchev Quotes

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.
Nikita Khrushchev

Working, Said, Once

The press is our chief ideological weapon.
Nikita Khrushchev

Press, Chief, Weapon

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.
Nikita Khrushchev

Same, Promise, Build

Do you think when two representatives holding diametrically opposing views get together and shake hands, the contradictions between our systems will simply melt away? What kind of a daydream is that?
Nikita Khrushchev

Together, Two, Away

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

Nature, Rather, Support

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

Live, Act, Among

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

God, Name, Habit

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

History, Whether, Side

When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to heal, so that you can skin them again.
Nikita Khrushchev

Again, Leave, Skin

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

Start, Shall, Couple

If you live among dogs, keep a stick. After all, this is what a hound has teeth for-to bite when he feels like it!
Nikita Khrushchev

Live, After, Keep

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

Fight, Stop, Choose

The purpose of the United Nations should be to protect the essential sovereignty of nations, large and small.
Nikita Khrushchev

Small, Purpose, United

All the sparrows on the rooftops are crying about the fact that the most imperialist nation that is supporting the colonial regime in the colonies is the United States of America.
Nikita Khrushchev

America, Fact, Nation

Bombs do not choose. They will hit everything.
Nikita Khrushchev

Choose, Hit, Bombs

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

Work, Call, Harder

Even now we feel that Stalin was devoted to Communism, he was a Marxist, this cannot and should not be denied.
Nikita Khrushchev

Cannot, Communism, Denied

He who cannot eat horsemeat need not do so. Let him eat pork. But he who cannot eat pork, let him eat horsemeat. It's simply a question of taste.
Nikita Khrushchev

Him, Cannot, Question

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

Cannot, Bird, Catch

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

Respect, Wishes, Economics

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

Life, Great, School

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

Food, Down, Mouth

He was a crystal of morality among our scientists.
Nikita Khrushchev

Morality, Among, Scientists

I want to talk to these people because they stay in power and you change all the time.
Nikita Khrushchev

Change, Time, Power

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

Cannot, Bird, Catch

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Statesman

Born: April 17, 1894

Died: September 11, 1971

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