“History has shown there are no invincible armies.”

“History shows that there are no invincible armies.”

“In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.”

“It is not heroes that make history, but history that makes heroes.”

“The Pope! How many divisions has he got?”

“Undoubtedly, our path is not of the easiest; but, just as undoubtedly, we are not to be frightened by difficulties. Paraphrasing from the well-known words of Luther, Russia might say: ‘Here I stand on the frontier between the old, capitalist world and the new, socialist world. Here on this frontier I unite the efforts of the proletarians of the West and of the peasantry of the East in order to shatter the old world. May the god of history be my aid!”

“I believe in only one thing, the power of human will.”