| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1398 |
| AUTHOR: | Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (18941971) |
| QUOTATION: | [Politicians] are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | NIKITA S. KHRUSHCHEV, impromptu remark made during a visit to Belgrade, Yugoslavia, August 21, 1963, as reported by the New York Herald Tribune, August 22, 1963, p. 16. |
| SUBJECTS: | Politicians |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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