Democracy Quote by Ken Follett

“Americans talked about voters the way Russians talked about Stalin: they had to be obeyed, right or wrong.”

— Ken Follett

“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the…

— Anonymous

“one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly.” The president smiled. “Well, they’ve had enough time to play this game.…

— Tom Clancy

“Unlike other dictators, Stalin and his satraps never made the mistake of believing themselves beloved -- on the contrary they saw plots under every…

— Anna Reid

“And there were no signs whatever of the disagreements among capitalists—or of the Anglo-American war—that Stalin’s ideological illusions had led him to expect.”

— John Lewis Gaddis

“Russians consider themselves civilized Europeans, but have to endure the humiliation of daily encounters with officials that belong in a squalid dictatorship.”

— Oliver Bullough

“In America, you can always find a party. In Soviet Russia, Party always find you!”

— Yakov Smirnoff

“It's about Russia.”

— Woody Allen

“Russians are among the nicest people that I have met in life.”

— Steven Magee

“There is no monopoly of common sense On either side of the political fence We share the same biology Regardless of ideology Believe me…

— Sting

“There were no disagreements in Stalin’s universe, only heresies; no critics, only enemies; no errors, only crimes. The trials served both to illustrate Stalin’s…

— Tony Judt

“Lesson taught by History: do not fight Russians in their own territory.”

— Victor Bello Accioly