Counterparts Quote by Noam Chomsky

[Isaiah] Berlin's observation is accurate enough, and applies at home as well, and even more harshly for the reasons already mentioned: the apparatchiks and…

— Noam Chomsky

The Russian leaders are keen judges of human psychology, and as such they are highly conscious that loss of temper and of self-control is…

— George F. Kennan

In my past, it looked like I could get into trouble in Russia - but I was not afraid then, and I'm not afraid…

— Pavel Durov

The Russian empire under czars and commissars has been hard to deal with for other countries.

— Henry A. Kissinger

“Fear has also been used to carry out a redistribution of wealth—which is to say back under the control of the state, where Putin…

— Gregory Feifer

The unspoken contract between ruler and subject is that in return for safety, prosperity, and prestige, the Russians entrust power and cede democratic freedoms…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

Every Russian emperor from Peter the Great to Stalin and Putin knows a leader and his security agencies must never be parted. His safety…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

Fear is in almost all cases a wretched instrument of government, and ought in particular never to be employed against any order of men…

— Adam Smith

If Russia's interests and security are threatened, Russia will resist. Everyone needs to know that.

— Vladimir Putin

The Russians are liars - you can't trust them. At Potsdam they agreed to everything and broke their word. It's too bad the second…

— Harry S. Truman

The biggest threat to this country isn't the Russians. It's our own inability to make democracy or capitalism work.

— Phil Donahue

I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.

— Barry Goldwater