Nikita Khrushchev:

You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept communism outright, but we'll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you'll finally wake up and find you already have communism. We won't have to fight you. We'll so weaken your economy until you'll fall like overripe fruit into our hands.

— Nikita Khrushchev Contemporary

Shoe-banging UN incident

Context

Attributed to a statement to Western diplomats

Date / Period

1959 (approx.)

Source

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Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

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Method

Cross Reference

Sources Checked

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