Russia Quote by Angela Merkel Download Open image “Today's Russia is not to be compared with the Soviet Union of back then.” — Angela Merkel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Russia Soviet Soviet union Today Unions
The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
Russia is a very different place than what we in the West are familiar with. We cannot apply our own values and judgments to… — Courtney Act Copy Share Image
We talk a great deal about Russia today, and I'm afraid that in twenty years, we and Russia will be more similar than different. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The Soviet Union was, by the 1970s and 1980s, relatively stable and predictable. Putin's Russia is much more volatile. Nuclear policy is really in… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
There used to be this country called the Soviet Union; it's not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs. — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
In a strange way, I expected Russia to become more like America since the Soviet Union collapsed, but the reverse is true. America has… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I think that right now the West understands Russia better than before and feels a much greater wariness toward it. I think that, if… — Vladimir Voinovich Copy Share Image
Admittedly communism has not been achieved in Russia. State socialism has been built. — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
History has often showed us the strength of the forces that are unleashed by the yearning for freedom. It moved people to overcome their… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
I don't believe you are simply born with the ambition of becoming chancellor. But if you want to make a difference, if you enjoy… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Freedom is the very essence of our economy and society. Without freedom the human mind is prevented from unleashing its creative force. But what… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
We're saying this to both countries: We want a two-state solution. We want a Jewish state of Israel and alongside a independent Palestinian state.… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
From a German point of view, German-American and European-American relations are a pillar of our foreign policy. — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
The G7 and former G8 group has always viewed itself as a community of values, the annexation of Crimea, which is a blatant violation… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Particularly from a German perspective, from a European perspective, I can only say again, Russia is our neighbor. — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
The real problem is that the financial base for our social security system is shrinking because the number of normal jobs is falling. In… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
I'm very grateful that Barack Obama as president very much put protection of privacy on the agenda today, due to the fact of Islamist… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
So Europe needs to be competitive and we also need to be competitive if we wish to remain an interesting economic partner for the… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Just look at Poland, a sort of European perspective this has. So we have an interest in seeing this relationship be a good one.… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
One of the things the United States does well is building coalitions. What the U.S. knows is that if you don't have a coalition… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Believe me, most of the people in Russia are seeing the West as a threat. — Margarita Simonyan Copy Share Image
When I was a sophomore at USC, I was a socialist, pretty much to the left. But not when I left the university. I… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
America is stronger than Russia. Our economy is 16 times larger than the Russian economy. — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
Russia's a small country. It's really poor. It has nothing other than oil and weapons sales. — Malcolm Nance Copy Share Image
The only thing which is important to do is to tell about the values I share. It's to say how important liberalization of Russia… — Ksenia Sobchak Copy Share Image
Firstly, economic globalisation has brought prosperity and development to many countries, but also financial crises to Asia, Latin America and Russia, and increasing poverty… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
Their [the U.S.’s] defense budget in absolute figures is almost 25 times bigger than Russia’s. This is what in defense is referred to as… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image