“The AK-47 is not a device of aggression ... I devised this machine-gun for the security of my country.” CountrySecurityGunMachinesDevicesAggressionMachine GunsAk 47 Author:Mikhail Kalashnikov
“My aim was to create armaments to protect the borders of my motherland. It is not my fault that the Kalashnikov became very well-known in the world; that it was used in many troubled places. I think the policies of these countries are to blame, not the designers. Man is born to protect his family, his children, his wife. But I want you to know that apart from armaments, I have written three books in which I try to educate our youth to show respect for their families, for old people, for history.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenWorldWantTryingWellsChildrenBookCountryShowsUsedThreeBornKnownWifeWrittenPolicyYouthProtectAimBlameFaultsBordersDesignerEducateI Want YouWell KnownOld PeopleArmamentMotherlandShow RespectKalashnikov Author:Mikhail Kalashnikov
“My work is my life, and my life is my work. I invented this assault rifle to defend my country. Today, I am proud that it has become for many synonymous with liberty.” CountryTodayLife IsLibertyProudAssaultRiflesAssault Rifles Author:Mikhail Kalashnikov
“It is the Germans who are responsible for the fact that I became a fabricator of arms. If not for them, I would have constructed agricultural machines. (...) If someone asks me how I can sleep at night knowing that my arms have killed millions of people, I respond that I have no problem sleeping, my conscience is clean. I constructed arms to defend my country.” PeopleIfsI CanCountryFactsProblemNightAsksSleepMillionsKnowingArmsConscienceMachinesResponsibleCleanAsk MeNo Problem Author:Mikhail Kalashnikov
