#russia

Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain - at least in a poor country like Russia - and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#automobile #begins #chain #country #distinction

My parents came from Russia and suddenly they wound up in Boston, Massachusetts, Brookline, Massachusetts and they felt the sun rose and set on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's backside because he meant so much to them. This was freedom. This was something totally different from the Russia they had left. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#because #boston #came #delano #different

In my life, I've had estates in Russia, houses in Spain, in Norway, in the deep south of America. ↗

— Penelope Wilton

#deep #deep south #estates #had #houses

One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I love. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#i #i love #last #love #russian

The original settlers of Alaska apparently were Russian. ↗

— Jeff Goldblum

#apparently #original #russian #settlers #were

Because in Russia you were able to triumph with the help of a large class of poor peasants, you represent things in such a way, as if we in Western Europe are also going to have that help. ↗

— Herman Gorter

#also #because #class #europe #going

For the Russian masses, the proletarians, knew for certain, and already saw during the war, and in part before their very eyes, that the peasants would soon be on their side. ↗

— Herman Gorter

#before #certain #during #eyes #knew

Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large estates, crown lands, government land, and the estates held by the monasteries. ↗

— Herman Gorter

#crown #divided #enormous #estates #government

The revolution in Russia was victorious with the help of the poor peasants. This should always be borne in mind here in Western Europe and all the world over. But the workers in Western Europe stand alone: this should never be forgotten in Russia. ↗

— Herman Gorter

#always #borne #europe #forgotten #help

There is an enormous difference between Russia and Western Europe. ↗

— Herman Gorter

#difference #enormous #europe #russia #western