“Music’s a good thing, it calms the beast in the man.”

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

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.

We believe that the Anarchists are real enemies of Marxism.

When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.

American Communists have the opportunity to preach freely their ideas. It would be absolutely wrong to hold the Soviet government responsible for activities of the American Communists.

The United States should get rid of its militias.

Great Britain provided time; the United States provided money and Soviet Russia provided blood.

In the future, there will be fewer but better Russians.

I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy.

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

The production of souls is more important than the production of tanks. And therefore I raise my glass to you, writers, the engineers of the human soul.

There is not, nor should there be, an irreconcilable contrast between the individual and the collective, between the interests of an individual person and the interests of the collective.

It is not heroes that make history, but history that makes heroes.

Our Soviet society is socialist because private ownership of factories, plants, land, banks and means of transportation has been abolished in our country, and replaced by public ownership.

It takes a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army.

Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.

Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man

You can have the big arm, and that’s good, and it helps out in the games, but it doesn’t help you necessarily win games.

Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.

I was a good student and stuff like that.

Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise.

It’s not easy having a good marriage – but I don’t want easy. Easy doesn’t make you grow. Easy doesn’t make you think. I thank God every day that I am married to a man who makes me think. That’s my definition of true love.

A good leader does not get bogged down in the minutia of a tactical problem at the expense of strategic success.

A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.