#russia

Today's Russia is not to be compared with the Soviet Union of back then. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#compared #russia #soviet #soviet union #then

For a century after the reign of Frederick, Prussia remained the most prominent Germanic state in Europe. ↗

— Kelly Miller

#century #europe #frederick #germanic #most

Having achieved such signal successes in the east, Russia and Roumania being both disposed of, the German leaders planned a campaign designed to crush Italy. ↗

— Kelly Miller

#being #both #campaign #crush #designed

Time passed by. I had furnished steam hammers to the principal foundries in England. I had sent them abroad, even to Russia. At length it became known to the Lords of the Admiralty that a new power in forging had been introduced. ↗

— James Nasmyth

#became #been #england #even #forging

'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs? ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#how #men #russians #songs

The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#communism #communist #concentration #evil #police