Mikhail Kalashnikov

"When a young man, I read somewhere the following: God the Almighty said, "All that is too complex is unnecessary, and it is simple that is needed" ... So this has been my lifetime motto – I have been …"

"Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov, weapons inventor, died on 23 December, aged 94" in The Economist"

"You see, maybe all these feelings come about because one side wants to liberate itself with arms. But in my opinion, it is the good that prevails. You may live to see the day when good prevails — it w…"

"I sleep well. It's the politicians who are to blame for failing to come to an agreement and resorting to violence."

"I was in the hospital, and a soldier in the bed beside me asked: "Why do our soldiers have only one rifle for two or three of our men, when the Germans have automatics?" So I designed one. I was a sol…"

"My aim was to create armaments to protect the borders of my motherland. It is not my fault that the Kalashnikov became very well-known in the world; that it was used in many troubled places. I think t…"

"Free illustrated virtual guided tour of the Museum of Mikhail Kalashnikov"

"Mikhail Kalashnikov: 'I sleep soundly'"– interview with Mikhail Kalashnikov at the age of 83, in The Guardian"