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?
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.
I want to talk to these people because they stay in power and you change all the time.
Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes.
If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.
What the scientists have in their briefcases is terrifying.
If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.
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.
In a fight you don't stop to choose your cudgels.
They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves.
Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!
When it comes to combating imperialism we are all Stalinists.
What innocence, may I ask, is being played here when it is known that this virtuous damsel has already got a dozen illegitimate children?
If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw a couple of porcupines under you.
Don't you have a machine that puts food into the mouth and pushes it down?
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.
If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.
The press is our chief ideological weapon.
We say the name of God, but that is only habit.
The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.