The soundest strategy in war is to postpone operations until the moral disintegration of the enemy renders the delivery of the mortal blow both possible and easy.

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

Give me a child for the first 5 years of his life and he will be mine forever.

Learning is never done without errors and defeat.

Chess is only a recreation and not an occupation.

A country of inveterate, backwoods, thick-headed, egotistic philistines

The constitution of Soviet Russia must insure equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex, creed, race, or nationality.