Quote #24

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

More from Nikita Khrushchev

  1. Support by United States rulers is rather in the nature of the support that the rope gives to a hanged man.
  2. Life is short. Live it up.
  3. The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.
  4. In a fight you don't stop to choose your cudgels.
  5. They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves.
  6. 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!
  7. We say the name of God, but that is only out of habit.
  8. The press is our chief ideological weapon.

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