Leonid I. Brezhnev Quotes

Leonid I. Brezhnev — Russian Statesman born on December 19, 1906, died on November 10, 1982

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982. His eighteen-year term as General Secretary was second only to that of Joseph Stalin in duration. During Brezhnev's rule, the global influence of the Soviet Union grew dramatically, in part because of the expansion of the Soviet military during this time. His tenure as leader was marked by the beginning of an era of economic and social stagnation in the Soviet Union... (wikipedia)

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.

We should not pour muck on ourselves.

God will not forgive us if we fail.

One sits the whole day at the desk and appetite is standing next to me. 'Away with you', I say. But Comrade Appetite does not budge from the spot.