I can prophecy that your grandchildren in America will live under socialism -- Our firm conviction is that sooner or later Capitalism will give way to Socialism. Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.

The USA and USSR will only agree when shrimps learn to fly.

If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

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

When all the world is socialist, Switzerland will have to remain capitalist, so that it can tell us the price of everything.

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.

I can prophecy that your grandchildren in America will live under socialism -- Our firm conviction is that sooner or later Capitalism will give way to Socialism. Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.