Let there be more corn and more meat and let there be no hydrogen bombs at all.

We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within.

The press is our chief ideological weapon.

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

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think. Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge where there is no river.

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

"Freedom" in capitalist countries exists only for those who possess money and who consequently hold power.

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.

I once said, 'We will bury you,' and I got into trouble with it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you.

The survivors (of a nuclear war) would envy the dead.

The United States now sleeps under a Soviet moon

Forgiving is easier when we understand that forgiving someone else means that we are freeing ourselves of an unnecessary burden.

Neither compares nor competes.

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.

The tree of life for me is a symbol of abundance and eternal life.

Slavery...dishonors labor. It introduces idleness into society, and with idleness, ignorance and pride, luxury and distress. It enervates the powers of the mind and benumbs the activity of man.

Get into the scene late; get out of the scene early.

Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time.

I dabbled in verse and it became my life

The older I get the more I realize there's no real good guys or real bad guys, and I'm curious about how the good guys got good and how the bad guys got bad.

The great cause which divides our countries is not to be decided by individual animosities. The harmony of private societies cannot weaken national efforts.