Quotes by Nikita Khrushchev

“Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ”

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

“The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.”

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

“I don't like the life here in New York. There is no greenery. It would make a stone sick.”

“You do not know you cannot know the difficulty of the life of a politician. It means every minute of the day or night every ounce of your energy. There is no rest no relaxation. Enjoyment? A po...”

“If we should promise people nothing better than only revolution they would scratch their heads and say 'Isn't it better to have good goulash?'”

“Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes.”

“You do not know you cannot know the difficulty of the life of a politician. It means every minute of the day or night every ounce of your energy. There is no rest no relaxation. Enjoyment? A politi...”

“If we should promise people nothing better than only revolution they would scratch their heads and say 'Isn't it better to have good goulash?'”

“They say that the Soviet delegates smile. That smile is genuine. It is not artificial. We wish to live in peace, tranquility. But if anyone believes that our smiles involve abandonment of the teach...”

“Yes, today we have genuine Russian weather. Yesterday we had Swedish weather. I can't understand why your weather is so terrible. Maybe it is because you are immediate neighbours of NATO.”

“Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will dig you in. (We will bury you.)”

“When it is a question of fighting against imperialism we can state with conviction that we are all Stalinists. We can take pride that we have taken part in the fight for the advance of our great ca...”

“I am very glad to hear this, since I come from the Ukraine. From now on I can sleep peacefully. I will immediately telegraph my daughter in Kiev.”

“If Adenauer were here with us in the sauna, we could see for ourselves that Germany is and will remain divided but also that Germany never will rise again.”

“A man emaciated by a grave illness is at first treated by doctors gradually. Food is administered to him in small doses. If more is administered to the patient, it might kill him. And so we want to...”

“The thought sometimes -- the unpleasant thought sometimes creeps up on me here as to whether perhaps Khrushchev was not invited here to enable you to sort of rub him in your sauce and to show the m...”

“I happened to read recently a remark by the American nuclear physicist W. Davidson, who noted that the explosion of one hydrogen bomb releases a greater amount of energy than all the explosions set...”

“We have come to this town where lives the cream of American art.… But just now I was told that I could not go to Disneyland. I asked Why not? What is it? Do you have rocket-launching pads there? I ...”