"The Communist Party and the Soviet Government display constant concern to strengthen the country's defensive might and raise the combat readiness of the Armed Forces."

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Source : "Soviet Civil Defense". Book by Leon Gouré, p. 5, 1971.

Andrei Grechko

#Country Quotes #Party Quotes #Government Quotes

“But, inevitably, as he [Kierkegaard] approaches what we might call his Christocentric climax many readers drop off. Many scholars just leave that part of his authorship alone.”
“In a basic sense, the greater the development of each individual the more able, more effective, and less needy of limiting or restricting others she or he will be.”

Source : Jean Baker Miller (2012). “Toward a New Psychology of Women”, p.116, Beacon Press
“The God of the Old testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction...”
“Capitalism is a great idea in theory, but in practice it just doesn't work.”

Source : "The News Quiz", BBC Radio 4, November 2008.
“Often, in the real world, it's not the smart that get ahead but the bold.”
“It is an error to believe that Christ did not teach a determined body of doctrine applicable to all times and to all men, but rather that He inaugurated a religious movement adapted, or to be adapted, to different times and different places.”
“It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood.”
“Man is better without knowledge of things to come, for what is to be will be, and man can neither avert nor hasten. It is better to go in the dark when the road must pass a lion and there is no other road.”

Source : Robert E. Howard (2006). “Kull: Exile of Atlantis”, p.128, Del Rey

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