Country Quote by Henry A. Kissinger Download Open image “The Russian empire under czars and commissars has been hard to deal with for other countries.” — Henry A. Kissinger ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Commissars Hard Country Czars Czars Commissars Deals Empire Czars Empires Hard Has beens Other countries Russia Russian Empire
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In Russia, the people have been brought up tough. It used to be the Soviet Union. The thing everybody thinks of when they think… — Artem Lobov Copy Share Image
Before there was the Soviet Union that could inflame matters. Now you have states not as powerful as the Soviet Union, but states like… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Russia comes from a place of deep resentment against the West, in general, and the United States in particular. They are rapacious, because they… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Russia has lost an empire but not yet found a role. Russia has to decide what it wants to be. And as we know… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
The problem is Russia is a country that has lost 300 years of its history, in terms of most of what was part of… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Russia is a difficult country to deal with, but I think that American policy on Russia has been foolish in the extreme. — Rashid Khalidi Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
With Russia, it is almost similar to China: people there have had it up to here with the West! The Russian people suffered immensely… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
The West can't come up with anything to deal with Moscow, except appeasement. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I believe it is a mistake to isolate arms control from other areas of policy. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Before the Freedom of Information Act, I used to say at meetings "The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." [...]… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The convictions that leaders have formed before reaching high office are the intellectual capital they will consume as long as they continue in office. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Nothing is more urgent than a serious, dare I say compassionate, debate as to where we are going at home and abroad. Technicians cannot… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Jews were segregated from 1933 on. We could only play against other Jewish teams. This wasn't just social segregation; this was the beginning of… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The Russian people, at least the ones I know, have pride in being a Russian. And, therefore, they want to be taken seriously in… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
There are only two reasons to sit in the back row of an airplane: Either you have diarrhea, or you're anxious to meet people… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
John Paul II was one of the greatest men of the last century. Perhaps the greatest. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Taiwan will probably not declare independence. The question isn't independence. The issue is whether Taiwan will declare itself as a sovereign separate state. That… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
China is a country with a record of continuous self-government going back 4,000 years, the only society that has achieved this. One must start… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so… — Maria Sharapova Copy Share Image
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There's no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless of jobless. — Chris Kyle Copy Share Image
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It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
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You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
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