#russ

Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#becomes #copy #deep #england #ever

The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#democratic #early #final #made #people

I feel most empires fell when they started to act human, but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand, and they fell from Afghanistan alone because Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. I guess you just can't sustain it. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#afghanistan #alone #because #empires #feel

I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#brussels #bush #days #few #i

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery is a threat to both the Nato allies and Russia. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#both #delivery #destruction #mass #means

It is already clear, after twenty years of socialism in Russia, that if you do not provide your society with a new religion, it will gradually revert to the old one. ↗

— Herbert Read

#already #clear #gradually #new #new religion

My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#begins #bombing #fellow #fellow americans #five

I am often on guard over the Russians. In the darkness one sees their forms move like stick storks, like great birds. They come close up to the wire fence and lean their faces against it. Their fingers hook round the mesh. ↗

— Erich Maria Remarque

#am #birds #close #come #darkness

I'm interested in Russian language, culture, history... and I lived there, for four years, as a reporter for the Washington Post and have visited many times since. ↗

— David Remnick

#four #history #i #interested #language

There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia. ↗

— David Remnick

#bred #brutal #corruption #field #free