"Russia, Russia-unwashed, backward, appealing Russia, so ashamed of……" — George F. Kennan
"Russia, Russia-unwashed, backward, appealing Russia, so ashamed of your own backwardness, so orientally determined to conceal it from us by clever deceit."
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33 Quotes by George F. Kennan
George F. Kennan has 33 quotes on this site.
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...there is an optimal balance, depending on the manner of man's life, between the density of human population and the…
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This is a big world. Billions - rapidly increasing billions - of people live outside our borders. Obviously, a great…
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It is obviously easier, for the short run, to draw cheap labor from adjacent pools of poverty...than to find it…
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Actually, the inability of any society to resist immigration, the inability to find other solutions to the problem of employment…
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Popular revolt against a ruthless, experienced modern dictatorship, which enjoys a monopoly over weapons and communications, ... is simply not…
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It is an undeniable privilege of every man to prove himself right in the thesis that the world is his…
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Anyone who has ever studied the history of American diplomacy, especially military diplomacy, knows that you might start in a…
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The jealous and intolerant eye of the Kremlin can distinguish, in the end, only vassals and enemies, and the neighbors…
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It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of…
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There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of…
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War is a highly overrated tool of foreign policy.
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A foreign policy aimed at the achievement of total security is the one thing I can think of that is…
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To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing.
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I see myself as sexy. If you are comfortable with it, it can be very classy and appealing.
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Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient…
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A world without newspapers or a world where the newspapers are purely electronic and you read them on a screen…
— Bill Bryson
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I'll declare my own interest right here at the start and admit that, like the vast majority of people, I…
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It must be said that Brighton, unlike London, makes driving seem very appealing. Instead of glowering faces and angry horns…
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No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.
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But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is…
— Jane Campion
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We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever…
— Eric Carle
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This…
— Camille Claudel
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I get asked a lot about getting into politics. I say, 'Take a look at politics. You tell me what…
— George Clooney
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Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on…
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