The rout of fascism, in which the Soviet Union played the decisive role, generated a mighty tide of socio-political changes which swept across the gl… - Leonid Brezhnev

The most important thing in my life, its leitmotif, has been the constant and close contacts with working people, with workers and peasants.

God will not forgive us if we fail.

Successes in socialist construction largely depend on the correct combination of the general and the nationally specific in social development. Not only are we now theoretically aware but also have been convinced in practice that the way to socialism and its main features are determined by the general regularities, which are inherent in the development of all the socialist countries. We are also aware that the effect of the general regularities is manifested in different forms consistent with concrete historical conditions and national specifics. It is impossible to build socialism without basing oneself on general regularities or taking account of the concrete historical specifics of each country. Nor is it possible without a consideration of both these factors correctly to develop relations between the socialist states.