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Kliment Voroshilov
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“Whoever can lift a rifle, should have one.”
Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969) first seen 1945 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Epoch's end" - Page 149 - by Tārāśaṅkara Bandyopādhyāẏa, Hirendranath Mukerjee - 1945
“It's a bad business. There is no firm front. We have separate strongpoints in which our units are holding off the attacks of superior enemy forces. Communications with them are weak.”
Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "The 900 Days: The Siege Of Leningrad" - Page 182 - by Harrison E. Salisbury - History - 2003
“I personally believe that war is highly unlikely.”
Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969) first seen 1927 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: June 9, 1927. Quoted in "Forging Stalin's Army: Marshal Tukhachevsky and the Politics of Military Innovation" - Page 57 - by Sally W. Stoecker - 1999
“It was necessary to close the front against Germany and that it (victory) depended on us whether it was to be closed or not.”
Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "The unmaking of Adolf Hitler" - Page 377 - by Eugene Davidson - 2004
“If we enjoy the benefits of peace, it is only because we have an excellent armed force and a fine socialist economy. Let us exert all efforts so that our further development may be strong and mighty, so that our numerous enemies may think well and long before they decide to attack our fatherland, and so that if they attack, they will quickly regret it.”
Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Soviet Union, true to the Leninist principles of respect for the rights and national independence of all peoples great or small, has always been and is guided in its relations with other countries by the principles of mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, non-aggression, non-intervention in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefits, peaceful coexistence and economic cooperation.”
Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "The Nineteen Days: A Broadcaster's Account of the Hungarian Revolution" - by George R. Urban - 1957