Brutality Quote by Golda Meir

Russia is now very far from being a communist country, but when I walked around Moscow, I kept glimpsing these haunting images. There were…

— Martina Navratilova

I distinctly remember the vivacious optimism that inundated the United States when the Soviet Union imploded in the early 1990s. This was not glee…

— Eskinder Nega

I remember being in fights and being tremendously outnumbered and it escalating into something much worse. That's why I laughed when people asked if…

— Anthony Yarde

I have a great memory. And actually, I remember Russia in some ways better than I remember Queens.

— Gary Shteyngart

My childhood in the Soviet Union was not terrible, it was very joyful.

— Jaak Kilmi

People do forget there is still a lot of nostalgia in Russia for the Soviet Union.

— Clarissa Ward

I bow down in memory of the victims, and I come to tell my Armenian friends that we will never forget the tragedies that…

— Francois Hollande

A history of perceived humiliation, after all, lurks behind many acts of terror. And competing narratives of victimhood and insults sustain conflicts in the…

— Serge Schmemann

Russians understand the rhythm of despair.

— Suzanne Massie

Of course, I know everything that happens in Russia. But even at the most dangerous moment or the most negative moment now, it's still…

— Mstislav Rostropovich

I was repelled by the sleazy reality of the totalitarian countries: politicians were shameless. There were corruption, pollution, shoddy goods, long lines, and suicide…

— Antonin Kratochvil

The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little…

— Jan Peter Balkenende