#russia

Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed. The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of '42, in Russia. ↗

— Adolf Galland

#changed #course #least #lost #outcome

If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off. ↗

— Catherine the Great

#knew #me #off #read #russians

As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#as far as #buy #concerned #dependent #far

We know that Europe loves President Obama. He had adoring crowds. The press loves Obama. The question is how will this date end? Okay? The question is, to what end? Why do they love President Obama? They love his personal story, they love his wife. North Korea, China and Russia don't really care about Michelle's arms and, you know, whether they gave an iPod to the Queen, okay? ↗

— Laura Ingraham

#adoring #arms #care #china #crowds

Tolstoy may not be showing that much of Russia at that time even. It's hard to tell. You tend to associate the quality of the period with what's lasted - what's still good. And that quality becomes the whole period. ↗

— Donald Judd

#becomes #even #good #hard #lasted

I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles. ↗

— Robert Kagan

#despite #had #hold #i #left

What Americans can't face is that one of the reasons that the Russians and the Chinese were so impressed with us during the Cold War was the fact that Nixon and Kissinger went on bombing despite public reaction. ↗

— Robert D. Kaplan

#chinese #cold #cold war #despite #during

I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had been educated in Moscow and since they came from different Ugandan peoples, it was the only way they could understand one another. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#been #came #captains #could #different

In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it is part of their fabric, and so the relation between Russian citizens and their state is complicated. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#between #citizens #complicated #experience #fabric

Most correspondents came from the former colonial powers - there were British, French, and a lot of Italians, because there were a lot of Italian communities there. And of course there were a lot of Russians. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#british #came #colonial #communities #correspondents