Nikita Khrushchev: Presidency

Nikita Khrushchev was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Explore interesting quotes on presidency.

Nikita Khrushchev: 44 quotes11 likes

“I remember President Kennedy once stated… that the United States had the nuclear missile capacity to wipe out the Soviet Union two times over, while the Soviet Union had enough atomic weapons to wipe out the United States only once… When journalists asked me to comment… I said jokingly, "Yes, I know what Kennedy claims, and he's quite right. But I'm not complaining… We're satisfied to be able to finish off the United States first time round. Once is quite enough. What good does it do to annihilate a country twice? We're not a bloodthirsty people."”

Nikita Khrushchev

As quoted in Khrushchev Remembers: The Last Testament (1974)

“Mr. President, call the toady of American imperialism to order.”

Nikita Khrushchev

Remark in the United Nations General Assembly (12 October 1960), denouncing a speech by Philippines delegate Lorenzo Sumulong

“(When talking to US President Truman on a visit to America regarding how healthy the crops looked) "If you had made it (how to raise crops so well) a secret, I would have known about it."”

Nikita Khrushchev

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