"The entire United States is within range of our nuclear weapons, and a nuclear button is always on my desk."

"Comrades, let us all work with renewed courage and vigor to make our country a powerful socialist state!"

"Progress is achieved through unceasing struggle and effort."

"We are willing to talk about limits freezes - but we would need to be given something in return security, in the form of diplomatic recognition by Washington and guarantees of nonaggression from China…"

"We will continue to work patiently to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula and regional stability. But if invasive outsiders and provocateurs touch us even slightly, we will not be forgiving in the l…"