Nikita Khrushchev

“When it comes to combating imperialism we are all Stalinists.”

“Call it what you will, incentives are what get people to work harder.”

“They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves.”

“He who cannot eat horsemeat need not do so. Let him eat pork. But he who cannot eat pork, let him eat horsemeat. It's simply a question of taste.”

“Don't you have a machine that puts food into the mouth and pushes it down?”

“The purpose of the United Nations should be to protect the essential sovereignty of nations, large and small.”

“What the scientists have in their briefcases is terrifying.”

“If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw a couple of porcupines under you.”

“If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.”