Empires Quote by Barbara Amiel

The interests of the Soviet Union are in controlling highly developed countries and having the benefit of their economies so that they can run…

— Barbara Amiel

There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford administration.... The United States does notconcede that those…

— Gerald R. Ford

Building a stable, peaceful, and coherent Europe must include Russia.

— James G. Stavridis

Once the Eastern Bloc collapsed, what I call 'historical spontaneity' prevailed and the countries that were subject to Soviet control naturally gravitated to the…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Russia can never be an empire unless it is in control of Ukraine.

— Marvin Kalb

However, if Moscow regains control over Ukraine, with its 52 million people and major resources as well as access to the Black Sea, Russia…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

With hindsight, we see that the Soviet Union never had a chance of world domination, but we didn't know that then.

— Ken Follett

You know that in the Eurasian space, Russia is the central state, the most powerful state. But to become an empire, a member of…

— Alexander Lukashenko

Since Europe is dependent on imports of energy and most of its raw materials, it can be subdued, if not quite conquered, without all…

— Barbara Amiel

And the big question for the West, of course, and to the Europeans is, what other countries, which were formerly part of the Soviet…

— Samuel P. Huntington

The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.

— Oliver Tambo

We, Russia, are prepared to work with others. I am convinced that stability and security in Europe cannot be considered without taking Russia into…

— Boris Yeltsin