Famous quotes containing the words soviet and/or leaders:
“They were right. The Soviet régime is not the embodiment of evil as you think in the West. They have laws and I broke them. I hate tea and they love tea. Who is wrong?”
—Alexander Zinoviev (b. 1922)
“It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.”
—Abba Eban (b. 1915)