More from Leonid Brezhnev

  1. The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win.
  2. Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us toda…
  3. We bow our heads in respect for those Soviet women who displayed exceptional courage in the severe time of war. Never before but during the…
  4. One sits the whole day at the desk and appetite is standing next to me. 'Away with you,' I say. But Comrade Appetite does not budge from th…
  5. We stand for the dismantling of foreign military bases. We stand for a reduction of armed forces and armaments in areas where military conf…
  6. Detente is a readiness to resolve differences and conflicts not by force, not by threats and sabre-rattling, but by peaceful means, at the …
  7. Of late, attempts have been made in the USA-at a high level and in a rather cynical form-to play the 'Chinese card' against the USSR. This …
  8. We are entirely for the idea that Europe shall be free from nuclear weapons, from medium-range weapons as well as tactical weapons. That wo…

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