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> [As colonial puppeteer and successful restorer of Russia as imperial superpower, Mr. Putin is Stalin's consummate heir.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/as-colonial-puppeteer-and-successful-restorer-of-russia-as-imperial/)

[Simon Sebag Montefiore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/)

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> [Nicholas I has been called 'Genghis Khan with a telegraph.' Stalin was 'Genghis Khan with a telephone.' But Mr. Putin is not Genghis Khan with a BlackBerry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/nicholas-i-has-been-called-genghis-khan-with-a-telegraph-stalin-was/)

[Simon Sebag Montefiore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/)

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## Other authors on Mr

## More by Simon Sebag Montefiore

> [Trump wants to be the first American tsar. With his hero worship of Putin, his admiration for the apparent omnipotence of the Kremlin, schoolboyish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/trump-wants-to-be-the-first-american-tsar-with-his-hero-worship-of/)

[Simon Sebag Montefiore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/)

> [“History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind." --- Edward Gibbon”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/history-is-little-more-than-the-register-of-the-crimes-follies-and/)

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> [Every Russian emperor from Peter the Great to Stalin and Putin knows a leader and his security agencies must never be parted. His safety…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/every-russian-emperor-from-peter-the-great-to-stalin-and-putin-knows/)

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> [“Sex fills a few hours of our lives yet those precious minutes count for more than months and years”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/sex-fills-a-few-hours-of-our-lives-yet-those-precious-minutes-count/)

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> [“Iraq was already in the grip of a bloody insurgency against British rule. Churchill therefore called a conference in Cairo to hand over a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/iraq-was-already-in-the-grip-of-a-bloody-insurgency-against-british/)

[Simon Sebag Montefiore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/)

> [I don't think Jerusalem should be controlled 100% by religious people of any denomination, sect, or religion - even my own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/i-don-t-think-jerusalem-should-be-controlled-100-by-religious-people/)

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> [The memoirs of the Grand Duchess Olga are an entertaining record for anyone interested in the imperial family's home life during the last years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/the-memoirs-of-the-grand-duchess-olga-are-an-entertaining-record-for/)

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> [I am a passionate nonfinisher. Life is too short, and there are too many great books to read, so if I lose interest or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/i-am-a-passionate-nonfinisher-life-is-too-short-and-there-are-too/)

[Simon Sebag Montefiore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/)

> [“Necessity is very often the mother of romance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/necessity-is-very-often-the-mother-of-romance/)

[Simon Sebag Montefiore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/)

> [There is a view of Russian exceptionalism, that they are a unique civilisation, a view right since Ivan the Terrible that Russia is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/there-is-a-view-of-russian-exceptionalism-that-they-are-a-unique/)

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> [The political lives of tyrants play out human affairs with a special intensity: the death of a democratic leader long after his retirement is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/the-political-lives-of-tyrants-play-out-human-affairs-with-a-special/)

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> [If only all straight weddings could be somehow gay-ified.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/if-only-all-straight-weddings-could-be-somehow-gay-ified/)

[Simon Sebag Montefiore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/)

> [Mr. Putin presents himself as a czar - and like any czar, he fears revolution above all else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/mr-putin-presents-himself-as-a-czar-and-like-any-czar-he-fears/)

[Simon Sebag Montefiore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/)

> ['Daddy used to be a Georgian,' Stalin's son, Vasily, once said. Actually, the dictator didn't truly become Russian; he remained Georgian culturally. Yet he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/daddy-used-to-be-a-georgian-stalin-s-son-vasily-once-said-actually/)

[Simon Sebag Montefiore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/)

> [“Once in power, Stalin’s campaign to succeed Lenin required a legitimate heroic career which he did not possess because of his experience in what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/once-in-power-stalin-s-campaign-to-succeed-lenin-required-a/)

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