--- title: "10 Thinking Quotes By Anne Applebaum" description: "10 Thinking quotes by Anne Applebaum. Plus more from Anne Applebaum and more Thinking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51f/anne-applebaum-2544_candidates_think-of-the-french-presidential-candida_1007385.png" --- > [Think of the French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, Ciudadanos in Spain, Nowoczesna in Poland. These are early efforts to reimagine a liberalism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/think-of-the-french-presidential-candidate-emmanuel-macron-ciudadanos/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51f/anne-applebaum-2544_candidates_think-of-the-french-presidential-candida_1007385.png) > [The surge in right-wing populism and the phenomenon of Trump are related. You can think of them together as the same problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/the-surge-in-right-wing-populism-and-the-phenomenon-of-trump-are/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/anne-applebaum-2544_phenomenon_the-surge-in-right-wing-populism-and-the_923710.png) > [nothing happens in August - except when something really happens in August. World War I began in August, Saddam Hussein's invasion of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/nothing-happens-in-august-except-when-something-really-happens-in/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/anne-applebaum-2544_als_nothing-happens-in-august-except-when-so_2249968.jpg) > [I have been told by people close to Trump that "Brexit Britain" is the only foreign policy issue that interests him, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/i-have-been-told-by-people-close-to-trump-that-brexit-britain-is-the/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/043/anne-applebaum-2544_britain_i-have-been-told-by-people-close-to-trum_1391803.png) > [Putin discovered that when he invaded Ukraine, he expected the Ukrainians to rise up and join him and say, "Yes, we want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/putin-discovered-that-when-he-invaded-ukraine-he-expected-the/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/anne-applebaum-2544_russia_putin-discovered-that-when-he-invaded-uk_3200063.jpg) > [I don't think Americans realize the degree to which they are the main subject of Russian television news. Every night there's news…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/i-don-t-think-americans-realize-the-degree-to-which-they-are-the-main/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/anne-applebaum-2544_enemy_i-don-t-think-americans-realize-the-degr_2641236.jpg) > [I don't think Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump really have friends. But Trump has openly admired Putin for many years, with no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/i-don-t-think-vladimir-putin-and-donald-trump-really-have-friends-but/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/anne-applebaum-2544_admiration_i-don-t-think-vladimir-putin-and-donald_3178432.png) > [Putin saw the Ukrainian revolution as a challenge to him personally, and I think that's why he, in fact, over-reacted. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/putin-saw-the-ukrainian-revolution-as-a-challenge-to-him-personally/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/anne-applebaum-2544_challenges_putin-saw-the-ukrainian-revolution-as-a_996877.png) > [Navalny is a blogger-turned-activist, but he finds stuff and he puts together these very, very clever, very high production value videos which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/navalny-is-a-blogger-turned-activist-but-he-finds-stuff-and-he-puts/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/anne-applebaum-2544_activist_navalny-is-a-blogger-turned-activist-but_2560401.jpg) > [Though the poorest Americans voted for Hillary Clinton, many relatively wealthy people voted for Trump and generally it's a mistake to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/though-the-poorest-americans-voted-for-hillary-clinton-many/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/anne-applebaum-2544_america_though-the-poorest-americans-voted-for-h_1887603.png) ## Other authors on Thinking - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 447 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 440 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 357 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 292 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 243 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 184 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/cassandra-clare/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 161 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 161 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 146 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 143 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 137 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/taylor-swift/) ## More by Anne Applebaum > [Quite a lot has been written, including by me, about the effect of social media on politics, and in particular the way in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/quite-a-lot-has-been-written-including-by-me-about-the-effect-of/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) > [After Trump became president, it was really too late to investigate his dodgy investments in Azerbaijan or his links to Russian money laundering. Those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/after-trump-became-president-it-was-really-too-late-to-investigate/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) > [If Reagan and John Paul II were linked by anything, it was a grand, ambitious, and generous idea of Western political civilization, one in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/if-reagan-and-john-paul-ii-were-linked-by-anything-it-was-a-grand/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) > [Until the attack on Pearl Harbor, isolationism was an important, even dominant strand in U.S. politics. After the Second World War, this strand disappeared,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/until-the-attack-on-pearl-harbor-isolationism-was-an-important-even/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) > [The U.S.S.R. was a totalitarian state in which judges and prosecutors were controlled by the ruling party. The result was injustice, oppression and corruption.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/the-u-s-s-r-was-a-totalitarian-state-in-which-judges-and-prosecutors/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) > [One knows, of course, that Donald Trump behaves differently from the leaders of other countries, especially the leaders of other Western democracies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/one-knows-of-course-that-donald-trump-behaves-differently-from-the/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) > [As a nation, we are not good at long-term planning, and no wonder: Our political system insists that every president be allowed to appoint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/as-a-nation-we-are-not-good-at-long-term-planning-and-no-wonder-our/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) > [Amazingly, quite a few people, even some American conservatives, are taken in by Russian tactics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/amazingly-quite-a-few-people-even-some-american-conservatives-are/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) > [Like wealth, or health, political freedom may simply be something that people don't value if they've always had it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/like-wealth-or-health-political-freedom-may-simply-be-something-that/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) > [Unlike most European countries, the police in the US are decentralized; even the FBI has regional offices. Amending the constitution is a long and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/unlike-most-european-countries-the-police-in-the-us-are-decentralized/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) > [The hard truth is that Trump was not exceptional. He was just another amoral Western businessman, one of many whom the ex-KGB elite have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/the-hard-truth-is-that-trump-was-not-exceptional-he-was-just-another/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) > [Politics in Slovakia had long been a battle between egotistical men. Caputova sought to be the anti-ego alternative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/politics-in-slovakia-had-long-been-a-battle-between-egotistical-men/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) > [European security may now depend on Germany, France, Britain and one or two others, and it's better to start planning now for the possibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/european-security-may-now-depend-on-germany-france-britain-and-one-or/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) > [Americans might not want to intervene in the outside world, but the outside world will still want to intervene in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/americans-might-not-want-to-intervene-in-the-outside-world-but-the/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) > [Romney was an excellent businessman with a strong record as a public servant - whereas Trump inherited wealth, went bankrupt more than once, created…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/romney-was-an-excellent-businessman-with-a-strong-record-as-a-public/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/anne-applebaum/#itemlist", "name": "10 Thinking Quotes By Anne Applebaum", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Think of the French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, Ciudadanos in Spain, Nowoczesna in Poland. 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He hopes to help Britain leave the EU, and possibly to damage the EU, by offering a trade deal.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Applebaum" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/i-have-been-told-by-people-close-to-trump-that-brexit-britain-is-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/043/anne-applebaum-2544_britain_i-have-been-told-by-people-close-to-trum_1391803.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/043/anne-applebaum-2544_britain_i-have-been-told-by-people-close-to-trum_1391803.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/043/anne-applebaum-2544_britain_i-have-been-told-by-people-close-to-trum_1391803.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have been told by people close to Trump that \"Brexit Britain\" is the only foreign policy issue that…” — Anne Applebaum", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Putin discovered that when he invaded Ukraine, he expected the Ukrainians to rise up and join him and say, \"Yes, we want to be part of Russia,\" and that didn't happen. And they've been paying, actually, I think quite a high price for it, both in the ongoing war in Ukraine - which is I think increasingly unpopular in Russia - and also in the Western sanctions, and in general, the separation from the West that was caused by that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Applebaum" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/putin-discovered-that-when-he-invaded-ukraine-he-expected-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/anne-applebaum-2544_russia_putin-discovered-that-when-he-invaded-uk_3200063.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/anne-applebaum-2544_russia_putin-discovered-that-when-he-invaded-uk_3200063.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/anne-applebaum-2544_russia_putin-discovered-that-when-he-invaded-uk_3200063.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Putin discovered that when he invaded Ukraine, he expected the Ukrainians to rise up and join him and say…” — Anne Applebaum", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think Americans realize the degree to which they are the main subject of Russian television news. Every night there's news from the United States and scandals about the United States, and every night the United States is shown to be an enemy of Russia over and over and over again. And this is, of course, useful to the Russian president, because it's, we have this big and important enemy - you need me here to fight back.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Applebaum" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/i-don-t-think-americans-realize-the-degree-to-which-they-are-the-main/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/anne-applebaum-2544_enemy_i-don-t-think-americans-realize-the-degr_2641236.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/anne-applebaum-2544_enemy_i-don-t-think-americans-realize-the-degr_2641236.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/anne-applebaum-2544_enemy_i-don-t-think-americans-realize-the-degr_2641236.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't think Americans realize the degree to which they are the main subject of Russian television news…” — Anne Applebaum", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump really have friends. But Trump has openly admired Putin for many years, with no reservations. He even seems to idolize him. Neither his cabinet appointees nor the civil servants in the Pentagon and the State Department feel the same way, however, so we don't know what this admiration will bring.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Applebaum" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/i-don-t-think-vladimir-putin-and-donald-trump-really-have-friends-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/anne-applebaum-2544_admiration_i-don-t-think-vladimir-putin-and-donald_3178432.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/anne-applebaum-2544_admiration_i-don-t-think-vladimir-putin-and-donald_3178432.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/anne-applebaum-2544_admiration_i-don-t-think-vladimir-putin-and-donald_3178432.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't think Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump really have friends. But Trump has openly admired Putin for…” — Anne Applebaum", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Putin saw the Ukrainian revolution as a challenge to him personally, and I think that's why he, in fact, over-reacted. I think his occupation of Crimea and then annexation for him was actually a mistake from Russia's point of view. And then his invasion of Eastern Ukraine was also a mistake. He imagined that he would invade Eastern Ukraine and then eventually split the country in half, and he discovered that in fact, Russian-speaking Ukrainians are not Russians, and they didn't support him.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Applebaum" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/putin-saw-the-ukrainian-revolution-as-a-challenge-to-him-personally/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/anne-applebaum-2544_challenges_putin-saw-the-ukrainian-revolution-as-a_996877.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/anne-applebaum-2544_challenges_putin-saw-the-ukrainian-revolution-as-a_996877.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/anne-applebaum-2544_challenges_putin-saw-the-ukrainian-revolution-as-a_996877.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Putin saw the Ukrainian revolution as a challenge to him personally, and I think that's why he, in fact…” — Anne Applebaum", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Navalny is a blogger-turned-activist, but he finds stuff and he puts together these very, very clever, very high production value videos which underline the corruption at the top of the system, and there are millions of people who watch them. Some people think he must have some kind of protection inside the system because he hasn't yet been completely put out of commission; he's allowed to go on. He himself has said he wants to run for president.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Applebaum" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/navalny-is-a-blogger-turned-activist-but-he-finds-stuff-and-he-puts/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/anne-applebaum-2544_activist_navalny-is-a-blogger-turned-activist-but_2560401.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/anne-applebaum-2544_activist_navalny-is-a-blogger-turned-activist-but_2560401.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/anne-applebaum-2544_activist_navalny-is-a-blogger-turned-activist-but_2560401.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Navalny is a blogger-turned-activist, but he finds stuff and he puts together these very, very clever, very…” — Anne Applebaum", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Though the poorest Americans voted for Hillary Clinton, many relatively wealthy people voted for Trump and generally it's a mistake to think that economics explains Trump. 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