“A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.”

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.

Politics is the art of the possible.

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.

No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.

Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.

Great men have great dogs.

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.

All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.

I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.

I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.

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

Nobody respects a country with a poor army, but everybody respects a country with a good army. I raise my toast to the Finnish army.

One of the basic conditions for the victory of socialism is the arming of the workers Communist and the disarming of the bourgeoisie the middle class.

The reason why there is now no communist government in Paris is because in the circumstances of 1945 the Soviet army was not able to reach French soil.

In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.

A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.

Those who are opposed to armed uprising. Must be ruthlessly kicked out as enemies, traitors and cowards.

Ah, these diplomats! What chatterboxes! There’s only one way to shut them up – cut them down with machine guns. Bulganin, go and get me one!