Belong Quote by Joseph Brodsky

As to the state, from my point of view, the measure of a writer's patriotism is not oaths from a high platform, but how…

— Joseph Brodsky

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

— Joseph Brodsky

I belong to Russian literature, but I am an American citizen, and I think it's the best possible combination.

— Joseph Brodsky

Writers, especially those of us with roots in other countries, are rarely left to ourselves. We are asked to declare our allegiances, or they…

— Dinaw Mengestu

Germans, Frenchmen and Englishmen can say of themselves: "I am the state." I cannot say that. In Russia only the people in the Kremlin…

— Vladimir Sorokin

I am neither an Occidental writer nor a Russian writer. I am an accidental writer.

— Joseph Brodsky

In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous,…

— Ivan Turgenev

Although I am losing my Soviet citizenship, I do not cease to be a Russian poet.

— Joseph Brodsky

Russia is an ancient country with historical, profound traditions and a very powerful moral foundation. And this foundation is a love for the Motherland…

— Vladimir Putin

Once I stop being a citizen of the U.S.S.R., I will not stop being a Russian poet.

— Joseph Brodsky

I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

It is not what your supporters, friends or your political adversaries call you that matters. What is important is what you think you must…

— Vladimir Putin