“show them, not in reasoning but in life itself, the joy of general union beyond the barriers set up by life itself” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Since its origins, socialism has meant the liberation of working people from exploitation. As the Marxist theoretician Anton Pannekoek observed, “this goal… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I cannot see that any rational American. . . could conceivably try to fulfill the major national purposes of the United States… — Charles Lichenstein Copy Share Image
“So you were dissidents? You believed in finishing the USSR?''No. It's not like that. You just speak several languages at the same… — Peter Pomerantsev Copy Share Image
I've always been creative verbally, had a flair, my teachers said - wrote great expository essays in elementary school, scribbled little poems,… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
[Albert]Camus had denounced the gulag and Stalin's trials. Today we can see that he was right. To say that there were concentration… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
The demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
What struck me most was the silence. It was a great silence, unlike any I have encountered on Earth, so vast and… — Alexey Leonov Copy Share Image
The world would be better off with multiple superpowers. When Communist USSR was a superpower, the world was better off. — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
“He who does not cry out the truth when he knows the truth becomes the accomplice of the liars and falsifiers.” — Victor Serge Copy Share Image
The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border of Afghanistan, I wrote to President Jimmy Carter: We now have the opportunity… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Don't tell me you'll still be in power by then without free elections! Replyting to Nikita Khrushchev's invitation to attend his 90th… — Richard Nixon Copy Share Image
Americans don't like to waste time on stupid things, for example, on the torturous process of coming up with names for their… — Ilya Ilf Copy Share Image
“All Nazi champions insist again and again that Marxism and Bolshevism are the quintessence of the Jewish mind, and that it is… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Truth and justice are commonly found in the personality of the paranoid delusional” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am truly happy that I am able to travel from time to time to the USSR the country I love above… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
Of late, attempts have been made in the USA - at a high level and in a rather cynical form - to… — Leonid Brezhnev Copy Share Image
This radical transformation of world power relationships reflects primarily in the case of both the USA and the USSR the growth of… — Earl Browder Copy Share Image
I live in the USSR, work actively and count naturally on the worker and peasant spectator. If I am not comprehensible to… — Dmitri Shostakovich Copy Share Image
Even today, a majority of people surveyed say that they regret the fact that the USSR collapsed. But only 9 percent say… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
“The hide was being flayed off the still living body of the Revolution so that a new age could slip in to… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
The Russian economy is way down because of the price of oil, and because the USSR was a big chunk of it. — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan [ cite the founders] on behalf of emphasizing the faith of our founders, of limited government, of the uniqueness and… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
Stock ownership in the US is very highly concentrated. [Shareholder actions are] something, but it's like the old Communist Party in the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Let's not forget that one poll after another clearly demonstrates that well over 50% of Russian citizens still wants both socialism and… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image