Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Rivers, Over, Same, Bridges
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
Fact, Nation, United States, Rooftops
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
Think, Shake, Opposing, Diametrically
The purpose of the United Nations should be to protect the essential sovereignty of nations, large and small.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Small, United Nations, Large, Sovereignty
When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to heal, so that you can skin them again.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Skin, Some, Again, Heal
Revolutions are not made for export.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Made, Revolutions, Export
Even now we feel that Stalin was devoted to Communism, he was a Marxist, this cannot and should not be denied.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Feel, Devoted, Even, Denied
Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Economics, Subject, Does, Greatly
If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Wolf, Act, Like, Wolves
When it comes to combating imperialism we are all Stalinists.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Imperialism
Support by United States rulers is rather in the nature of the support that the rope gives to a hanged man.
- Nikita Khrushchev
United, United States, Hanged
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
Own, Will, Working Class, Class
Call it what you will, incentives are what get people to work harder.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Will, Call, Incentives, Harder
The press is our chief ideological weapon.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Weapon, Chief, Ideological, Press
But life is a great school. It thrashes and bangs and teaches you.
- Nikita Khrushchev
School, Life Is A, Teaches, Bangs
If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Better, Hen, Take, Catch
If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Better, Hen, Take, Catch
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
Question, Need, Taste, Pork
Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!
- Nikita Khrushchev
Will, Like, Side, Bury
What innocence, may I ask, is being played here when it is known that this virtuous damsel has already got a dozen illegitimate children?
- Nikita Khrushchev
Innocence, Here, May, Virtuous
Don't you have a machine that puts food into the mouth and pushes it down?
- Nikita Khrushchev
Mouth, Puts, Pushes, Machine
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
Like, Feels, Hound, Teeth
If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw a couple of porcupines under you.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Start, Couple, Throwing, Throw
The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.
- Nikita Khrushchev
History, Peace, More, Less
They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Tea, Read, Prefer, Attention
Bombs do not choose. They will hit everything.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Choose, Will, Bombs, Hit
We say the name of God, but that is only habit.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Name, Say, Only, Habit
What the scientists have in their briefcases is terrifying.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Terrifying, Scientists
He was a crystal of morality among our scientists.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Morality, Crystal, Among, Scientists
In a fight you don't stop to choose your cudgels.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Choose, Stop, Your, Fight
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