Nikita Khrushchev

Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes.

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

Support by United States rulers is rather in the nature of the support that the rope gives to a hanged man.

I think that, in almost all human beings, there is buried a profound tribal instinct that makes us very susceptible to being aroused to patriotic fervour.

All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.