The press is our chief ideological weapon.

They say that the Soviet delegates smile. That smile is genuine. It is not artificial. We wish to live in peace, tranquility. But if anyone believes that our smiles involve abandonment of the teaching of Marx, Engels and Lenin he deceives himself poorly. Those who wait for that must wait until a shrimp learns to whistle.

Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes.

Berlin is the testicles of the West, every time I want the West to scream, I squeeze on Berlin.

Revolutions are not made for export.

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!

One of the major principles is that Soviet literature must be inseverably linked with the policy of the Communist party