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 politician does not know the meaning of the word. Nikita Khrushchev More Quotes by Nikita Khrushchev More Quotes From Nikita Khrushchev In a fight you don't stop to choose your cudgels. Nikita Khrushchev fighting He was a crystal of morality among our scientists. Nikita Khrushchev crystals scientist morality What the scientists have in their briefcases is terrifying. Nikita Khrushchev briefcases scientist scary 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 (On military preparedness) Nikita Khrushchev Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. Nikita Khrushchev Asking to meet with Italian businessmen instead of government officials. I want to talk to these people because they stay in power and you change all the time. Nikita Khrushchev Politicians are the same the world over: they promise to build a bridge even when there is no river. Nikita Khrushchev There are still some people who think that we have Stalin to thank for all our progress, who quake before Stalin's dirty underdrawers, who stand at attention and salute them. Nikita Khrushchev Your children’s children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible. No, you won’t accept Communism outright, but we’ll keep feeding you small doses of Socialism until you will finally wake up and find that you already have Communism. We won’t have to fight you; We’ll so weaken your economy, until you fall like overripe fruit into our hands. Nikita Khrushchev Revolutions are the locomotives of history. Nikita Khrushchev When it comes to combating imperialism we are all Stalinists. Nikita Khrushchev imperialism If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen. Nikita Khrushchev cannot better paradise bird
