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Russia Quotes by George Mikes
- When a wicked and unworthy subject annoyed the Sultan of Turkey or the Czar of Russia, he had his head cut of without much ceremony;…
- A great deal of the pupils time was spent going through, once again, the History of the Communist (Bolshevik) Party of the Soviet Union. He…
- Was he joking? Was he being sarcastic? Aggressive? Impertinent? Or just courteous? There was no telling from his impassive face. What a country, he thought…
- In Moscow they do not pay much attention to the living but keep their cemeteries in a splendid state.
More Russia Quotes
- I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people,… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition… — Tony Benn
- The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. — Otto von Bismarck
- Suicidal violence is not the exclusive property of the Muslim world. Suicide bombings were a tactic of nationalist struggles in 19th-century Europe… — James Buchan
- If we go back to the moon, we're guaranteed second, maybe third place because while we are spending all that money, Russia… — Buzz Aldrin
- I think there is a good deal of promise in those discussions as well. I think there is a range of matters… — Warren Christopher
- It will be undertaken, of course, in the June or July summit, and then to bring NATO closer to Russia or vice… — Warren Christopher
- Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. — Winston Churchill
- I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia. — Woody Allen
- I don't have any comment on who the people of Russia choose to be their leaders. — Hillary Clinton
- Well, I think both Russia and China have a very strong aversion to interference in internal affairs. — Hillary Clinton
- China is starting an English-speaking television network around the world, Russia is, Al Jazeera. And the BBC is cutting back on its… — Hillary Clinton