“Like Solzhenitsyn, I believe that in the end, words will break cement. Solzhenitsyn wrote, "So the word is more sincere than concrete?… — Masha Gessen Language Copy Share Image
What's going on in Russia is not that the public is homophobic, but that the Kremlin has unleashed a war. You don't… — Masha Gessen Book Copy Share Image
You know, I think that a conversation about what Facebook is - is it a public resource, even though it's a privately… — Masha Gessen Business Copy Share Image
Pussy Riot have certainly changed some people's assumptions about the role of political art and the relationship between the intelligentsia and the… — Masha Gessen Art Copy Share Image
There are a couple of ways to use the word democracy, and the way that I think is productive is to think… — Masha Gessen Democracy Copy Share Image
We have the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church talking about how gay marriage is a sign of the apocalypse, or Russian… — Masha Gessen Apocalypse Copy Share Image
The thing about the Russian secret police and the Soviet secret police is that one never leaves the secret police. Once a… — Masha Gessen Always Copy Share Image
Putin set out to build a mafia state. He didn't set out to build a totalitarian regime. But he was building his… — Masha Gessen Building Copy Share Image
Donald Trump creates word salads. And that is awful to language, because we try to parse out what he's saying and try… — Masha Gessen Choices Copy Share Image
What has happened to protesters in the past was that, basically, the government in 2012 put an end to a series of… — Masha Gessen Activist Copy Share Image
Russian law on banning nontraditional relationships basically says you cannot have any portrayal, neutral or positive, of homosexual relationships or nontraditional families,… — Masha Gessen Discussion Copy Share Image
There are several dozen political prisoners in Russia. When I cite that number people are often very surprised. They often think there… — Masha Gessen Amnesty Copy Share Image
There's this American pretense, which is the pretense of the journalist with the view from nowhere - which has somehow morphed into… — Masha Gessen He lied Copy Share Image
I received the Media for Liberty Award from Swedish PEN, and the prize was awarded by the Swedish minister of culture, who… — Masha Gessen Ceremony Copy Share Image
“In all societies, public rhetoric involves some measure of lying, and history -- political history and art history -- is made when… — Masha Gessen Art Copy Share Image
There's another piece of legislation in Russia that would make "allowing for nontraditional sexual relations" a cause for removing parental rights, and… — Masha Gessen Children Copy Share Image
“Faced with a brass band that was positioned to drown out free speech, Russian activists reacted to the potential confrontation with lemons.… — Masha Gessen Communication Copy Share Image
By the mid-noughties, I found that I was no longer the only openly gay person in every setting. At one point, a… — Masha Gessen Found Copy Share Image
I think there was certainly contact between the Trump campaign and Russians, which is perfectly normal. All campaigns in the modern age… — Masha Gessen Age Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that there are Russian efforts to disturb the fabric of American democracy, but they're disruption efforts. They're troublemaking… — Masha Gessen American Copy Share Image
Now, academics are not always the easiest people to talk to, and the scholarly papers aren't always the easiest papers to read,… — Masha Gessen Always Copy Share Image
Russia, at the start of the 21st century, at least in its larger cities, very much resembled the United States of the… — Masha Gessen Being Copy Share Image
First of all, radical beliefs are not a predictor of terrorist behavior: most people who hold radical beliefs never become terrorists, and… — Masha Gessen Behavior Copy Share Image
Donald Trump ran for autocrat, he didn't run for president. The first thing in autocrat does is take over the media, or… — Masha Gessen Donald trump Copy Share Image
There was this very strange moment when the world discovered what was going on for LGBT people in Russia. It was very… — Masha Gessen Bizarre Copy Share Image
I looked at Putin and was terrified from the very beginning. That makes me look very prescient because he actually turned out… — Masha Gessen Actually Copy Share Image
Many Americans have been looking for an explanation for Mr. Trump's apparent adoration of Mr. Putin. How can a powerful, wealthy American… — Masha Gessen American Copy Share Image
When totalitarian regimes are established, they at least have the illusion of the single-minded purpose. But once they establish the stature that's… — Masha Gessen Illusion Copy Share Image
Most Russians believe they've never met an LGBT person in their lives. Also they immediately see LGBT people as 'other,' lending to… — Masha Gessen Believe Copy Share Image
In 'Chernobyl,' which was created and written by Craig Mazin and directed by Johan Renck, the material culture of the Soviet Union… — Masha Gessen Chernobyl Copy Share Image
Putin has this ritual of having the televised meetings with ministers. Cameras will be allowed in to film the first five minutes… — Masha Gessen Film Copy Share Image
I wanted to show something that Americans don't usually think about when they think about Russia, which is the extreme stratification of… — Masha Gessen Russia Copy Share Image
My hypothesis is that for people who are both trained and inclined to think in rigorously logical ways, it is particularly difficult… — Masha Gessen Adapt Copy Share Image
“[following the Kursk disaster].. "Putin appeared on CNN's Larry King Live. When King asked "What happened?", Putin shrugged, smiled - impishly, it… — Masha Gessen Putin Copy Share Image
There's nothing effective against Trump. Trump is Trump. Trump is going to lie. Trump is going to act the way he's acting.… — Masha Gessen Behavior Copy Share Image
It's not just that both Putin and Trump lie, it is that they lie in the same way and for the same… — Masha Gessen Lie Copy Share Image
There's something structurally integrated with foreign coverage. Reporters often default to thinking of their government as the sort of ultimate authority. — Masha Gessen Authority Copy Share Image
If human rights are an attribute of being human, then we must consider the fact that tens of millions of displaced people… — Masha Gessen Around the world Copy Share Image
Soviet mathematics was particularly good in the second half of the 20th century, basically because of the arms race, because the Soviet… — Masha Gessen Arms race Copy Share Image
What Trump is not smart enough to even grasp is that the kind of popularity that Putin has can only be achieved… — Masha Gessen Context Copy Share Image
![“Like Solzhenitsyn, I believe that in the end, words will break cement. Solzhenitsyn wrote, "So the word is more sincere than concrete? So the word is not a trifle? Then may noble people begin to grow, and their word will break cement." [Nadya Tolokonnikova's closing statement]” quote by Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8f0/masha-gessen-2322_language_like-solzhenitsyn-i-believe-that-in-the_2956309.jpg)
![“[following the Kursk disaster].. "Putin appeared on CNN's Larry King Live. When King asked "What happened?", Putin shrugged, smiled - impishly, it seemed - and said "It sank".” quote by Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/287/masha-gessen-2322_putin_following-the-kursk-disaster-putin-appea_545976.jpg)
