Leonid Brezhnev Professions : Former General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Born : December 19, 1906 Died : November 10, 1982 Browse All Authors Top 27 quotes by Leonid Brezhnev The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win. Leonid Brezhnev election historical winning We Communists have got to string along with the capitalists for a while. We need their agriculture and their technology. But we are going to continue massive military programs. . . (soon) we will be in a position to return to a much more aggressive foreign policy designed to gain the upper-hand. Leonid Brezhnev technology military hands The highest peace is the peace between opposites. Leonid Brezhnev highest opposites inspirational Detente is a readiness to resolve differences and conflicts not by force, not by threats and sabre-rattling, but by peaceful means, at the conference table. Leonid Brezhnev differences war mean It is madness for any country to build its policy with an eye to nuclear war. Leonid Brezhnev eye war country When external and internal forces hostile to the development of socialism try to turn the development of a given socialist country in the direction of the restoration of the capitalist system, when a threat arises to the cause of socialism in that country ... this is no longer merely a problem for that country's people, but a common problem, the concern of all socialist countries. Leonid Brezhnev socialist-countries country people Our aim is to gain control of the two great treasure houses on which the West depends: The energy treasure house of the Persian Gulf and the minerals treasure house of Central and Southern Africa. Leonid Brezhnev southern house two There is nothing more practical than a good theory. Leonid Brezhnev practicals theory Communists have always viewed the national question through the prism of the class struggle, believing that its solution has to be subordinated to the interests of the Revolution, to the interests of socialism. That is why Communists and all fighters for socialism believe that the main aspect of the national question is unification of the working people, regardless of their national origin, in the common struggle against every type of oppression, and for a new social system which rules out exploitation of the working people. Leonid Brezhnev struggle class believe Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today. Leonid Brezhnev fate home europe I shall add that only he who has decided to commit suicide can start a nuclear war in the hope of emerging a victor from it. No matter what the attacker might possess, no matter what method of unleashing nuclear war he chooses, he will not attain his aims. Retribution will inevitably ensue. Leonid Brezhnev suicide add war Soviet people are better off materially and richer spiritually. Leonid Brezhnev soviet better-off people We Communists have to string along with the capitalists for a while. We need their agriculture and their technology. Leonid Brezhnev agriculture technology war The most important thing in my life, its leitmotif, has been the constant and close contacts with working people, with workers and peasants. Leonid Brezhnev peasants important people Of late, attempts have been made in the USA - at a high level and in a rather cynical form - to play the "Chinese card" against the USSR. This is a shortsighted and dangerous policy. Leonid Brezhnev cynical usa play When the Soviet Union came to be run by a valetudinarian mafioso like Brezhnev, the thing itself had fallen into self-contempt. Leonid Brezhnev unions self running We should not pour muck on ourselves. Leonid Brezhnev should We are entirely for the idea that Europe shall be free from nuclear weapons, from medium-range weapons as well as tactical weapons. That would be a real zero option. Leonid Brezhnev zero real europe We stand for the dismantling of foreign military bases. We stand for a reduction of armed forces and armaments in areas where military confrontation is especially dangerous, above all in central Europe. Leonid Brezhnev armament military europe Every man must be made to realize that further retreat is impossible. He must realize with his mind and heart that this is a matter of life and death of the Soviet state, of the life and death of the people of our country...the Nazi troops must be stopped now, before it is too late. Leonid Brezhnev heart men country
