"Do you think when two representatives holding diametrically opposing views get together and shake hands, the contradictions between our systems will simply melt away? What kind of a daydream is that?"

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Source : "Khrushchev Remembers; the Last Testament, Volume 2". Book by Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, Strobe Talbott (Little, Brown), p. 415, 1974.

Nikita Khrushchev

#Thinking Quotes #Views Quotes #Hands Quotes

“The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance.”
“Companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.”
“Donald Trump is not a very bright or nice man. Bad combination.”

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“Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.”
“Perhaps for the first time in history, human-kind has the capacity to create far more information than anyone can absorb; to foster far greater interdependency than anyone can manage, and to accelerate change far faster than anyone's ability to keep pace.”
“Even when I became cognizant of this societal problem in this country, I asked my father and my mother if they knew anything that had been passed on to them, about slavery, and my father was very reticent about it. He often said, "No, I don't know anything about it, and it was bad, it was awful and it's over and we want to get on with our lives."”

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“Greatness, thou gaudy torment of out souls, The wise man's fetter, and the rage of fools.”
“Did you know that lack of information is the number one barrier to wealth?”

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