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Former General Secretary Of The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union Inspirational Quotes (133)

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Of all cities in the United States I have seen, San Francisco is the most beautiful.
Nikita Khrushchev
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Let there be more corn and more meat and let there be no hydrogen bombs at all.
Nikita Khrushchev
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You must never believe all these things which the scientists say because they always want more than they can get-they are never satisfied.
Nikita Khrushchev
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Sometimes people ask me why I began perestroika. Were the causes basically domestic or foreign? The domestic reasons were undoubtedly the main ones, but the danger of nuclear war was so serious that it was a no less significant factor.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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It sometimes seems to me that some of our Western partners do not want Russia to fully recover. They would like Russia to be in a subdued state, and they want Russian resources to be used for the benefit of the U.S. economy.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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We had 10 years after the Cold War to build a new world order and yet we squandered them. The United States cannot tolerate anyone acting independently. Every US president has to have a war.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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You are fortunate to live here. If I were your President, I would levy a tax on you for living in San Francisco!
Mikhail Gorbachev
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I believe in the cosmos. All of us are linked to the cosmos.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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The living will envy the dead.
Nikita Khrushchev
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No one is born a Communist... in the Soviet Union farmers keep on looking in the barn for their horses even after they have given them to the collective.
Nikita Khrushchev
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Everyone can err, but Stalin considered that he never erred, that he was always right. He never acknowledged to anyone that he made any mistake, large or small, despite the fact that he made not a few mistakes in the matter of theory and in his practical activity.
Nikita Khrushchev
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The model of the consumer society is something that will one day end. My personal view is that too much consumption is wrong.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Do you think when two representatives holding diametrically opposing views get together and shake hands, the contradictions between our systems will simply melt away? What kind of a daydream is that?
Nikita Khrushchev
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For a new type of progress throughout the world to become a reality, everyone must change. Tolerance is the alpha and omega of a new world order.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Our rockets can find Halley's comet, and fly to Venus with amazing accuracy, but side by side with these scientific and technical triumphs is an obvious lack of efficiency in using scientific achievements for economic needs. Many Soviet household appliances are of poor quality.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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To me, nature is sacred. Trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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I believe, as Lenin said, that this revolutionary chaos may yet crystallize into new forms of life.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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The world will not accept dictatorship or domination.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Democracy must learn to defend itself.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Even today, a majority of people surveyed say that they regret the fact that the USSR collapsed. But only 9 percent say that they would want it back.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Today, peace means the ascent from simple coexistence to cooperation and common creativity among countries and nations.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to heal, so that you can skin them again.
Nikita Khrushchev
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I don't understand the music but I certainly understand the girl singer!
Nikita Khrushchev
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But life is a great school. It thrashes and bangs and teaches you.
Nikita Khrushchev
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