War Quote by Joseph E. Persico

Russia's now in the middle of a fierce confrontation with Turkey. And that's one of France's NATO allies.

— Corey Flintoff

“During the same time, it was faced with the first series of wars with Russia, as the new Tsar, Peter the Great implemented a…

— Charles River Editors

I wish Europe would let Russia annihilate Turkey a little--not much, but enough to make it difficult to find the place again without a…

— Mark Twain

[I]t seems that the Cannibals of Europe are going to eat one another again. A war between Russia and Turkey is like the battle…

— Thomas Jefferson

“How the Germans can remain allies with the Turks is beyond me. No European nation would ever commit the sorts of crimes that this…

— Chris Bohjalian

“We used to be brothers and sisters here. Kurdish, did not know he was. Turkmenians, Germans, they all existed here but never were proud…

— Orhan Pamuk

“August 2, 1914: Germany has declared war on Russia. Went swimming in the afternoon.”

— Franz Kafka

Finally Germany's attack on Russia seemed to confirm that Russia was not shirking and was prepared to carry out a foreign policy with the…

— Klaus Fuchs

I think it's important to remember the tensions between Turkey and Russia predate this jet shoot down by some time. I mean, Russia's long…

— Peter Kenyon

“The CUP’s genocidal wartime policies towards the Armenians and Kemal’s ruthless expulsion of Christian Ottomans featured prominently in the Nazi imagination.”

— Robert Gerwarth

Turkey has put up a fight against the powerful nations of the world. The crusader mentality attacked us abroad. Inside, their lackeys attacked us.…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

“On the twelfth of June, the forces of Western Europe crossed the borders of Russia, and war began--that is, an event took place contrary…

— Leo Tolstoy