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title: "12 I think Quotes By Masha Gessen"
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> [I think that Russian meddling in the election is an important issue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/i-think-that-russian-meddling-in-the-election-is-an-important-issue/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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> [I think Putin's popularity was genuine when he first came to power. He was seen as a welcome relief from the Yeltsin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/i-think-putin-s-popularity-was-genuine-when-he-first-came-to-power-he/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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> [I think Donald Trump was brought to power by Americans. They voted for him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/i-think-donald-trump-was-brought-to-power-by-americans-they-voted-for/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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> [There are a couple of ways to use the word democracy, and the way that I think is productive is to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/there-are-a-couple-of-ways-to-use-the-word-democracy-and-the-way-that/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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> [I think there was certainly contact between the Trump campaign and Russians, which is perfectly normal. All campaigns in the modern age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/i-think-there-was-certainly-contact-between-the-trump-campaign-and/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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> [Every time I talk to somebody about Putin, it's like, 'But isn't he vastly popular?' Is that really the most important question?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/every-time-i-talk-to-somebody-about-putin-it-s-like-but-isn-t-he/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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> [Trump very much wants to be liked by Putin and I think sincerely admires him. Putin doesn't know how to deal with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/trump-very-much-wants-to-be-liked-by-putin-and-i-think-sincerely/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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> [Putin, I believe, was actually born to be a KGB agent. And I say born because I think that his father was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/putin-i-believe-was-actually-born-to-be-a-kgb-agent-and-i-say-born/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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> [I think that Putin's strategy has been throwing a lot of money, fairly haphazardly, at a lot of projects aimed at disrupting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/i-think-that-putin-s-strategy-has-been-throwing-a-lot-of-money-fairly/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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> [You know, I think that a conversation about what Facebook is - is it a public resource, even though it's a privately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/you-know-i-think-that-a-conversation-about-what-facebook-is-is-it-a/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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> [There's the hypothesis that things just keep happening to Russians, things that keep turning them into the same kind of subjects, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/there-s-the-hypothesis-that-things-just-keep-happening-to-russians/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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> [I think that when you emigrate, when everything you took for granted disappears, it's a kind of loss of innocence. When you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/i-think-that-when-you-emigrate-when-everything-you-took-for-granted/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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## Other authors on I think

## More by Masha Gessen

> [There's this American pretense, which is the pretense of the journalist with the view from nowhere - which has somehow morphed into the journalist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/there-s-this-american-pretense-which-is-the-pretense-of-the/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

> [Where incompetence is prized, it is ever-present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/where-incompetence-is-prized-it-is-ever-present/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

> [Pussy Riot have certainly changed some people's assumptions about the role of political art and the relationship between the intelligentsia and the church. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/pussy-riot-have-certainly-changed-some-people-s-assumptions-about-the/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

> [Trump, like Putin, has a demonstrably thin skin and short temper when it comes to being criticized by journalists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/trump-like-putin-has-a-demonstrably-thin-skin-and-short-temper-when/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

> [You risk everything if you so much as join a legal protest demonstration in Russia. It raises the stakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/you-risk-everything-if-you-so-much-as-join-a-legal-protest/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

> [Donald Trump creates word salads. And that is awful to language, because we try to parse out what he's saying and try to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/donald-trump-creates-word-salads-and-that-is-awful-to-language/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

> [It is the first time since 1993 that Russians have come out into the streets without an explicit permission from the government to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/it-is-the-first-time-since-1993-that-russians-have-come-out-into-the/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

> [I think Donald Trump was brought to power by Americans. They voted for him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/i-think-donald-trump-was-brought-to-power-by-americans-they-voted-for/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

> [In the 1990s, there was a lot of reform, and there was a lot of forward movement on a lot of fronts in Russia.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/in-the-1990s-there-was-a-lot-of-reform-and-there-was-a-lot-of-forward/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

> [Poverty and scarcity are actually very good for totalitarian societies. They maintain that sense of mobilization that's essential for totalitarian societies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/poverty-and-scarcity-are-actually-very-good-for-totalitarian/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

> [I think that Putin's strategy has been throwing a lot of money, fairly haphazardly, at a lot of projects aimed at disrupting Western relations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/i-think-that-putin-s-strategy-has-been-throwing-a-lot-of-money-fairly/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

> [Both Trump and Putin use language primarily to communicate not facts or opinions but power: it's not what the words mean that matters but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/both-trump-and-putin-use-language-primarily-to-communicate-not-facts/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

> [I worked both as a Russian journalist and an American journalist and ran a bunch of magazines in Moscow over the course of about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/i-worked-both-as-a-russian-journalist-and-an-american-journalist-and/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

> [I have no doubt that there are Russian efforts to disturb the fabric of American democracy, but they're disruption efforts. They're troublemaking efforts. They're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/i-have-no-doubt-that-there-are-russian-efforts-to-disturb-the-fabric/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

> [For years I was the only publicly out gay person who was not a full-time gay activist: my position as a quasi-foreigner gave me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/for-years-i-was-the-only-publicly-out-gay-person-who-was-not-a-full/)

[Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/)

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