To slacken the tempo...would mean falling behind. And those who fall behind get beaten.

Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.

Great Britain provided time; the United States provided money and Soviet Russia provided blood.

When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.

To slacken the tempo...would mean falling behind. And those who fall behind get beaten.

We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us.

It takes a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army.