Usage

Soviet-related quotes from Wikiquote or Wikisource can be added directly to this list without nomination, provided they are properly cited. If you have difficulty securing citation for a quote, you can also ask for help at Portal talk:Soviet Union. To nominate a quote for selection, see the centralized portal talk page for a list of current nominations and discussions.

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Instructions

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1. Select a new quote attributed to a different individual than any of those currently quoted below.
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Quote list

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“ Nobody lives just on their wages. ” — Leonid Brezhnev, talking about his handling of political corruption

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“ Greece is a sort of American vassal; the Netherlands is the country of American bases that grow like tulip bulbs; Cuba is the main sugar plantation of the American monopolies; Turkey is prepared to kowtow before any United States proconsul and Canada is the boring second fiddle in the American symphony. ” — Andrei Gromyko, talking about Soviet foreign affairs

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“ In Russia we only had two TV channels. Channel One was propaganda. Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you: Turn back at once to Channel One. ” — Yakov Smirnoff, commenting on his life under Soviet rule

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“ If the Russian word "perestroika" has easily entered the international lexicon, this is due to more than just interest in what is going on in the Soviet Union. Now the whole world needs restructuring, that is progressive development, a fundamental change. ” — Mikhail Gorbachev, talking about future change in the USSR and the world

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“ Complete equality of rights for all nations; the right of nations to self-determination; the unity of the workers of all nations—such is the national program that Marxism, the experience of the whole world, and the experience of Russia, teach the workers. ” — Vladimir Lenin, talking about the national question

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“ Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain — at least in a poor country like Russia — and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect. ” — Leon Trotsky, talking about the national question

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“ I could have gone on flying through space forever. ” — Yuri Gagarin, reported in Kerrod, Robin (2004). Dawn of the Space Age. Gareth Stevens. p. 1968. ISBN  0836857127.

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