"We will take America without firing a shot. We do not have to invade the U.S. We will destroy you from within."
— Nikita Khrushchev

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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Widely circulated online since 2009, often giving the source as Khrushchev's comments on 18 November 1956. See We will bury you