Collapse Quote by Richard Pipes Download Open image “...the collapse of tsarism, while not improbably, was certainly not inevitable.” — Richard Pipes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Collapse Inevitable
Time and time again, the obstinate refusal of the tsarist regime to concede reforms turned what should have been a political problem into a… — Orlando Figes Copy Share Image
“It amazes me still to this day how quickly the empire fell to pieces. One day the people are kissing the ground upon which… — Robert Alexander Copy Share Image
Every revolution seems impossible at the beginning, and after it happens, it was inevitable. — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
If you took the most ardent revolutionary, vested him in absolute power, within a year he would be worse than the Tsar himself. — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Above all, we should acknowledge that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a major geopolitical disaster of the century. As for the Russian… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the demoralization and… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
“With the Russian Empire teetering on the brink of collapse, the tsarist regime responded to the crises with its usual incompetence and obstinacy. The… — Orlando Figes Copy Share Image
The sudden collapse of the monarchy that had ruled Russia for three hundred years led to chaos. Russia immediately became, as one participant put… — Keith Gessen Copy Share Image
The demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Hitler did not have Mussolini's revolutionary socialist background... Nevertheless, he shared the socialist hatred and contempt for the 'bourgeoisie' and 'capitalism' and exploited for… — Richard Pipes Copy Share Image
If we turn to the differences separating Communist, Fascist, and National Socialist regimes, we find that they can be accounted for by contrasting social,… — Richard Pipes Copy Share Image
Somebody who sticks to his guns can be called a stubborn person or a principled person, it depends on whether you like his ideas… — Richard Pipes Copy Share Image
In the end [after the 1905 revolution], Russia gained nothing more than a breathing spell. — Richard Pipes Copy Share Image
Cities can be rebuilt, industries can be rebuilt, what really matters are strategy forces, military forces and the cadres leaders, political, military and economic. — Richard Pipes Copy Share Image
We need to keep a very keen eye on our own government. It's getting too rich and redistributing wealth is a sure way of… — Richard Pipes Copy Share Image
I was too tired to think. I merely felt the town as a unique unreality. What was it? I knew -- the moon's picture… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fortunately, the mind is restless; when it uncovers a layer of its own deception, gives up an illusion, exposes a lie, it does not… — Kim Chernin Copy Share Image
Corruption could lead to the collapse of the Party [Communist Party of China] and the downfall of the state [People's Republic of China]. — Xi Jinping Copy Share Image
Just take one thing out and the whole palace, the whole edifice of the human mind collapses. Take effort out of it and desiring… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The economic position is only flourishing on the surface. Germany is in fact dancing on a volcano. If the short-term credits are called in,… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
I love that the collapse of The Other Side is being felt in both 'The Vampire Diaries' and 'The Originals' universes - as someone… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
NAFTA, by itself, will not collapse. The possibility is that the United States leaves the treaty, but the treaty itself would keep regulating relations… — Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal Copy Share Image
I was planning on writing a detailed review of several books on web security tonight, but the Obama collapse has superseded my best-laid plans.… — Charles Foster Johnson Copy Share Image
One of the problems with industrialism is that it's based on the premise of more and more. It has to keep expanding to keep… — Dora Russell Copy Share Image