Authority Quote by Ryszard Kapuscinski

In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it is part of their fabric, and so the relation…

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

In Russia, whatever be the appearance of things, violence and arbitrary rule is at the bottom of them all. Tyranny rendered calm by the…

— Marquis de Custine

When I returned to Russia in 1994, the Western world and its states were practically being worshipped. Admittedly, this was caused not so much…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Judged by every standard which history has applied to Governments, the Soviet Government of Russia is one of the worst tyrannies that has ever…

— Winston Churchill

Russians have different far lofty ambitions; more of a spiritual kind. It's more about your relationship with God .

— Vladimir Putin

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not…

— Fareed Zakaria

Russia is a very different place than what we in the West are familiar with. We cannot apply our own values and judgments to…

— Courtney Act

“I have found that the average Russian holds the United States and the American people in very high regard. Many Russians also remain deeply…

— Glenn Meade

The West, both the elites (consciously) and ordinary people (sub-consciously), want Russia to go to hell; to disappear, drown, explode. It is because Russia…

— Andre Vltchek

Nothing has changed in Russia since Ivan the Terrible when it comes to the divide between the people and the state. The state demands…

— Vladimir Sorokin

“By sanctifying History in order to discredit God, Marxism has merely rendered Him more peculiar and more haunting. You can stifle every impulse in…

— E. M. Cioran

“Listen, Parfyon, a few moments ago you asked me a question, and this is my answer: the essence of religious feeling has nothing to…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky