Russia is a major power; it should live up to its…

Russia's first major intervention began in 1768, when Catherine the Great went to war with the Ottomans, and Count Alexei Orlov, the brother of…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

In the U.K., we have always had international ambitions and international responsibilities. These obviously predate the E.U.; we have been trading and doing business…

— Keir Starmer

We take our international responsibilities very seriously and will not withdraw our troops from Iraq... Otherwise, the victims of terror in Madrid will have…

— Marek Belka

“The actions of a single person with access to the secrets of a major power have the potential to modify the course of history.”

— Sergei Kostin

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

“Although China may be able to change the major power structure in the next ten years, it will be unable to shift the world…

— Wang Yizhou

The European Union can now act like a major power, at least that is what the European Union tells us.

— John Bolton

The US presidency will continue to represent the major power groups of the United States - big business and the military - regardless of…

— Julian Assange

Japan cannot conquer China with America in her rear, Soviet Russia on her right and England on her left - her most powerful enemies…

— Chiang Kai-shek

Much of the international unease with the Sochi Games has focused on the threat of terrorism, Putin's domestic repressiveness, and the Russian campaign of…

— George Packer

I think that both Russia and other international actors, including those who are more actively engaged in the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis (that…

— Vladimir Putin

A number of countries, including Russia and China, have put forward proposals to regulate aspects of the Internet like 'crime' and 'security' that are…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

The Russian people, at least the ones I know, have pride in being a Russian. And, therefore, they want to be taken seriously in…

— Henry A. Kissinger

The G7 and former G8 group has always viewed itself as a community of values, the annexation of Crimea, which is a blatant violation…

— Angela Merkel

I refer to the misunderstanding of Soviet Russia as an aggressive power, militaristically and ideologically bent upon world domination 'seeing', to quote a recent…

— Enoch Powell