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Quotations
Great Britain provided time; the United States provided money and Soviet Russia provided blood. — Joseph Stalin, 1879-1953, Soviet leader 8 likes | |
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. — Otto von Bismarck, 1815-1898, German chancellor 6 likes | |
Lenin was sent into Russia by the Germans in the same way that you might send a phial containing a culture of typhoid or cholera to be poured into the water supply of a great city, and it worked with amazing accuracy. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 6 likes | |
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 5 likes | |
The Russian Revolution is the French Revolution which arrived late, because of the cold. — Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter 5 likes | |
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year. — Henry Kissinger, 1923-2023, American politician 4 likes | |
Our pride and self-importance are European, while our culture and actions are Asiatic. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 3 likes | |
Russians imitate French ways, but always from a distance of fifty years. — Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer 2 likes | |
Dostoevski’s “The Double” is his best work though an obvious and shameless imitation of Gogol's “Nose.” — Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer 2 likes | |
Scratch the Russian and you will find the Tartar. — Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher | |
There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode. — Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher |
Funny Quotes
I took a course in speed reading, learning to read straight down the middle of the page, and I was able to go through War and Peace in 20 minutes. It’s about Russia. — Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director 2 likes |