“When I was in my 20s, I was a bookworm - spent 12 hours of the day in the library. How I met George, I'll never know.” Quote by Laura Bush
“Our militant union with peoples which still have to carry on an armed struggle against the colonialists constitutes an important element of our line in international affairs.” StillsImportantLinesStruggleElementsUnionsAffairInternationalMilitantInternational AffairsArmed Struggle Author:Leonid Brezhnev
“Every man must be made to realize that further retreat is impossible. He must realize with his mind and heart that this is a matter of life and death of the Soviet state, of the life and death of the people of our country...the Nazi troops must be stopped now, before it is too late.” PeopleMenMindHeartMadeCountryMatterStatesRealizingImpossibleLateEvery ManOur CountryToo LateLife And DeathSovietTroopsNaziRetreatHeart And Mind Author:Leonid Brezhnev
“The most important thing in my life, its leitmotif, has been the constant and close contacts with working people, with workers and peasants.” PeopleHas BeensImportantImportant ThingsConstantWorkersContactPeasants Author:Leonid Brezhnev
“When external and internal forces hostile to the development of socialism try to turn the development of a given socialist country in the direction of the restoration of the capitalist system, when a threat arises to the cause of socialism in that country ... this is no longer merely a problem for that country's people, but a common problem, the concern of all socialist countries.” PeopleTryingCountryProblemTurnsGivenForceCausesCommonDevelopmentConcernThreatAriseSocialismInternalsCapitalistSocialistHostileRestorationSocialist Countries Author:Leonid Brezhnev
“We stand for the dismantling of foreign military bases. We stand for a reduction of armed forces and armaments in areas where military confrontation is especially dangerous, above all in central Europe.” ForceMilitaryDangerousEuropeAreasBasesConfrontationReductionArmed ForcesArmamentMilitary Bases Author:Leonid Brezhnev
“We Communists have got to string along with the capitalists for a while. We need their agriculture and their technology. But we are going to continue massive military programs. . . (soon) we will be in a position to return to a much more aggressive foreign policy designed to gain the upper-hand.” NeedsHandsTechnologyMilitaryPolicyPositionReturnGainsProgramStringsMassiveCommunistAggressiveCapitalistForeign PolicyAgricultureUpper Hand Author:Leonid Brezhnev
“As you know, I am not a writer but a Party functionary. But like every Communist I consider myself to have been mobilized by Party propaganda and deem it my duty to participate actively in the work of our press.” KnowsHas BeensPartyDutyPressesPropagandaCommunist Author:Leonid Brezhnev
“Soviet people are better off materially and richer spiritually.” PeopleSovietBetter Off Author:Leonid Brezhnev
“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 days of the war the grandeur of spirit and the invincible will of our Soviet women, their selfless dedication, loyalty and affection to their Homeland, their boundless persistence in work and their heroism on the front manifested themselves with such strength.” WarSpiritFrontsAffectionLoyaltyPersistenceSovietDedicationSelflessBowsHeroismSevereExceptionalHomelandGrandeurBoundlessInvincible Author:Leonid Brezhnev
“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 is a shortsighted and dangerous policy.” Has BeensMadePlayFormLevelsDangerousPolicyLateCardsChineseUsaCynicalHigh LevelUssr Author:Leonid Brezhnev