If we come to a minefield, our infantry attacks exactly as it were not there.

Generalissimo Stalin directed every move... made every decision... He is the greatest and wisest military genius who ever lived...

We got 16,000 wonderful vehicles. We got all the steel that we make our tanks out of. Of course, we couldn't have done without Western aid.

The mere existence of atomic weapons implies the possibility of their use.

The longer the battle lasts the more force we'll have to use!

Zhukov was the most successful commander of World War II, who fell from grace under Khrushchev, but never lost his place in the pantheon of Soviet heroes.

There's no smoke without fire.

If you feel that the Chief of the General Staff talks only rubbish, my place is not here. Better to give me a command at the front where I can be of better use!

The nature of encounter operations required of the commanders limitless initiative and constant readiness to take the responsibility for military actions.

There are things in Russia which are not as they seem.

It's your life and no one else cares as much about it as you should.

The day had begun to feel tinny: a pretend day, a dream day, that for some unaccountable reason she had to go on and on with as if it were real.

I don't suppose you have a rocket powered helicopter hidden in your bra?

Cairo is in a state of becoming… We just don't know what it's becoming yet.

In an environment without public platform nor protection, the individual is the most powerful and most responsible.

The ill and unfit choice of words wonderfully obstructs the understanding.

What church could compete with the fireworks of the pure soul?

In Michigan, a liberal democrat raised taxes and kept their government programs at the same level. And guess what? Their economy continued into the toilet, it continued down.

Growing up as a kid, there were so many people that I disliked, I daydreamed about hurting them. Hell just seemed like a good place for all of them to go. Unfortunately, I don't believe it exists.

The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.