You do not know, you cannot know, the difficulty of the life of a politician. It means every minute of the day or night, every ounce of your energy. There is no rest, no relaxation. Enjoyment? A politician does not know the meaning of the word.

There are still some people who think that we have Stalin to thank for all our progress, who quake before Stalin's dirty under-draws, who stand at attention and salute them.

The press is our chief ideological weapon.

My arms are up to the elbows in blood. That is the most terrible thing that lies in my soul.

The United States will eventually fly the Communist red flag…The American people will hoist it themselves.

The main difference for the history of the world if I had been shot rather than Kennedy is that Onassis probably wouldn't have married Mrs Khrushchev.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.