"The leaders come and go, but the people remain. Only the people are immortal."
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"Farmers present by themselves the basic force of the national movement. Without farmers there can be no strong national movement. This is what we mean when we say that the nationalist question, is actually, the farmers' question."
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"Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs."
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"Artillery is the god of war."
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"If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves."
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"In war I would deal with the Devil and his grandmother"
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"- Oh no, The Collective Farm policy was a terrible struggle... Ten million (he said holding up his hands). It was fearful. Four years it lasted. It was absolutely necessary."
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"music's a good thing, it calm the beast in the man."
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"There is not, nor should there be, an irreconcilable contrast between the individual and the collective, between the interests of an individual person and the interests of the collective."
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"In the future, there will be fewer but better Russians."
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"Words are one thing - deeds something entirely different. Fine words are a mask to cover shady deeds. A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron."
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"How do you expect the Germans to revolt when they don't even dare walk on the grass?"
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"You know, they are fooling us, there is no God."
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"The writer is the engineer of the human soul."
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"Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union."
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"Marxism is not only the theory of socialism, it is an integral world outlook, a philosophical system, from which Marx’s proletarian socialism logically follows. This philosophical system is called dialectical materialism."
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"The production of souls is more important than the production of tanks.... And therefore I raise my glass to you, writers, the engineers of the human soul."
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"Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach."
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"I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy."
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"At this point the question of Ukraine is the most important. The situation in Ukraine is very bad. If we don't take steps now to improve the situation, we may lose Ukraine. The objective should be to transform Ukraine , in the shortest period of time, into a real fortress of the U.S.S.R."
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