Russia Quotes · Page 36

My family suffered very major losses during the Second World War, that's true. In my father's family, there were five brothers. I…

— Vladimir Putin

For months it seemed that a revolution was certain. But instead, slavery seems more likely now. The working class no longer has…

— Agnes Smedley

Don't forget, America is a very powerful nuclear country and so is Russia. There's no up-side.

— Donald Trump

Russia shouldn't even be on the Security Council, but they are a permanent member of the council, and we can't change that.

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

One consequence of Russia's klepto-capitalist model is the growing appeal of government jobs, with their lucrative opportunities for payoffs.

— Chrystia Freeland

When I turn on the TV in Russia I see a general calmly claiming that our missiles are ahead of the latest…

— Vladimir Sorokin

I absolutely disagree that it was an illegal annexation: a referendum was held, and residents of Crimea chose to rejoin Russia.

— Marine Le Pen

“The early days of revolution were remarkable for how submerged and scattered that hard right was. Most of its high-profile figures had…

— China Miéville

All the pale horses of the apocalypse have stormed through my life, revolution, starvation, devaluation of currency and terror, epidemics, emigration; I…

— Stefan Zweig

I was writing - at least beginning to write Boston Boy and there were a lot of holes in my so-called research.…

— Nat Hentoff

Not possessing definite geographical boundaries, at least in the East - its distinction from Asia is problematic, considering that two large countries,…

— Roberto Esposito

Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an…

— Vladimir Putin

We try to coordinate regularly with Russia, as well as with others - except for the United States - on what is…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

“In August 1914, the name of St Petersburg itself is changed to the more Slavonic Petrograd: in semiotic rebellion against this idiocy,…

— China Miéville

Punish France, ignore Germany, and forgive Russia.

— Condoleezza Rice

Russia has taken advantage of its exalted status among right-wing extremists to expand its influence throughout Europe.

— Asha Rangappa

Russians didn't elect Trump. Even if there was collusion, even if every hypothesis that has - that is at play in the…

— Masha Gessen

If Russia shuts off central Asia and the Caspian Sea from Europe, the European allies of the United States will be totally…

— Anonymous

“When you nationalize the expenditures but privatize the revenue, everything is profit.”

— Tanya Thompson

With the new Russia allegations coming to the fore once again, the conclusion of the intelligence agencies, we've got to have those…

— Norman L. Eisen

We see pluralism: We can see that there are different ideological and political positions in Russia. If the authoritarianism finally ends, we…

— Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

I consider him Stalin one of the greatest persons in the history of mankind. In the history of Russia he was, in…

— Alexander Zinoviev

How many really great writers are there who are totally non-political? You can hear the French Revolution in the poetry of [Percy…

— Adam Hochschild

I don't understand what the president's [Donald Trump] position is on Russia. But I can tell you what my position is on…

— Benjamin E. Sasse

Those Russians. They did worse things when they entered Pomerania than we ever did in Russia.

— Walther Funk