Russia Quotes - Page 27

• In America, your job determines your marks. In Soviet Russia, Marx determine your job!

  Yakov Smirnoff

  Jobs, America, Mark

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• In every country, they make fun of city. In U.S. you make fun of Cleveland. In Russia, we make fun of Cleveland.

  Yakov Smirnoff

  Country, Fun, Cities

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• In Soviet Russia, party always finds you!

  Yakov Smirnoff

  Party, Soviet, Soviet Russia

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• It must be understood that there are no nominal, halfhearted, lukewarm Christians in Russia or China. The price Christians pay is far too great. The next point to remember is that persecution has always produced a better Christian - a witnessing Christian, a soul-winning Christian. Communist persecution has backfired and produced serious, dedicated Christians such as are rarely seen in free lands. These people cannot understand how anyone can be a Christian and not want to win every soul they meet.

  Richard Wurmbrand

  Christian, Winning, Land

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• Everyone is from Russia. Sometimes I think I'm from Russia, too. All these new Ovas. I don't know anyone. I don't really recognise anyone. That's just how it is. I think my name must be Williamsova.

  Serena Williams

  Thinking, Names, Sometimes

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• Dictatorship nations are outlaws. Any free nation had the right to invade Nazi Germany and, today, has the right to invade Soviet Russia, Cuba, or any other slave pen. Whether a free nation chooses to do so or not is a matter of its own self-interest, not of respect for the nonexistent 'rights' of gang rulers. It is not a free nation's duty to liberate other nations at the price of self-sacrifice, but a free nation has the right to do it, when and if it so chooses.

  Ayn Rand

  Sacrifice, Rights, Self

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• You can come from China, Russia, any place, and you can be a New Yorker. You can say what you want to say here, really express yourself.

  Rula Jebreal

  Want, Express Yourself, China

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The greatest historical events in the twentieth century - in fact, in all of human history - have been the overthrow of capitalism and establishment of societies run by and for the working class in the two great communist revolutions in Russia and China.

  Grover Furr

  Running, Class, Two

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• If I didn't have [a] wife, maybe I can say, 'Yeah, I'm disappointed I'm not maybe good looking.' ... I don't know about China, but in Russia, I still look good.

  Nikolay Davydenko

  Wife, Looks, Looking Good

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• A Russian should rejoice if Poland, the Baltic Provinces, Finland, Armenia, should be separated, freed from Russia; so with an Englishman in regard to Ireland, India and other possessions; and each should help to do this, because the greater the state, the more wrong and cruel is its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded. Therefore, if we really wish to be what we profess to be, we must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening, and help this forward with all our might.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Growth, Suffering, Desire

  Leo Tolstoy, J. M. Packham (2015). “Leo Tolstoy: Letters and Papers”, p.15, Lulu Press, Inc

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• What happened in Russia in 1917 wasn't a revolution - it was a coup d'etat.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Revolution, Coups, Happened

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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• If I made peace with Russia today, I'd only attack her again tomorrow. I just couldn't help myself.

  Adolf Hitler

  Today, Tomorrow, Helping

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• Russia's most precious resource is the brain power of this country. And you've got a lot of it. It's going to take a lot of brains in Russia to create a drain.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Brain, Resources

  Remarks to Students at St. Petersburg University, Russia, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. May 25, 2002.

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• The blow back from the cold war is that a weakened Russia allowed Afghanistan to become a failed state, and then all this weaponry to flow into all these other conflicts. Our greatest triumph has almost fueled our most intractable battle now.

  Jon Stewart

  War, Blow, Battle

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• Nobody wants to intervene in Russian affairs. Russia is a very large country, a very old country, a very disagreeable country inhabited by immense numbers of ignorant people largely possessed of lethal weapons and in a state of extreme disorder. Also Russia is a long way off.

  Winston Churchill

  Country, Numbers, Long

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• Russia went into Syria basically to support President Bashar al-Assad. And the Western allies have said Russia's really done very little against ISIS. For his part, Putin said Russia's open to stronger cooperation, and he supports Frances's effort to build a strong anti-terror coalition.

  Corey Flintoff

  Strong, Isis, Support

  "Between France And Russia, Presidents Seek Common Ground In Syria". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. November 26, 2015.

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• Russia's now in the middle of a fierce confrontation with Turkey. And that's one of France's NATO allies.

  Corey Flintoff

  Turkeys, Allies, France

  "Between France And Russia, Presidents Seek Common Ground In Syria". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. November 26, 2015.

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• [Francois] Hollande said the United States and Russia should join forces. And his words specifically were to fight this terrorist army in a broad single coalition.

  Corey Flintoff

  Fighting, Army, United States

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Some French politicians have said that the European Union should drop sanctions against Russia so everybody can join together in this fight against the Islamic State. But we're hearing from French officials that [Francois] Hollande hasn't changed his stance. He's - he's still saying that sanctions shouldn't be lifted until the Minsk agreement has been implemented.

  Corey Flintoff

  Islamic, Fighting, Agreement

  Source: www.npr.org

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• In communist Russia, their major organ was Pravda, which means "truth." The Russians knew how to read between the lines. They didn't take their literature literally.

  Raymond Pettibon

  Mean, Read Between The Lines, Literature

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• If we want to defeat Islamic State, we first have to arrive at a cease-fire agreement in Syria. Once that has been achieved, an anti-IS coalition can be assembled, including Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran. That, however, will be significantly more difficult in the wake of Turkey's downing of the Russian plane.

  Martin Schulz

  Islamic, Fire, Agreement

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• What is common among all of these groups [Taliban, Islamic State etc.] is the intent to destroy. The majority of terrorists who come to Afghanistan are from China, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan or North Africa. They were expelled from their countries and pushed to ours - this is their battlefield - and all of them, be it the Taliban or others, are interlinked with the criminal economy.

  Ashraf Ghani

  Country, Islamic, Uzbekistan

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The Americans made the decision out of principle to buy Russian equipment for us because our pilots and mechanics were trained on Russian aircraft. But, then, as a result of the Ukraine crisis, the US Congress imposed sanctions on Russia and the equipment could no longer be delivered to us. I am proud of our security and defense forces.

  Ashraf Ghani

  Ukraine, Decision, Proud

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• LTCM lost money when Russia defaulted on a certain class of bonds, and then they had other investments like on the spread between two different kinds of shares of Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company. Now that seems completely unrelated to Russian bonds. But they were related because other hedge funds saw similar discrepancies and they were all making similar bets.

  Richard Thaler

  Class, Two, Oil

  "Big Think Interview With Richard Thaler". bigthink.com. June 19, 2009.

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• Do not expect that once taking advantage of Russia's weakness, you will receive dividends forever. Russian has always come for their money. And when they come - do not rely on an agreement signed by you, you are supposed to justify. They are not worth the paper it is written. Therefore, with the Russian is to play fair, or do not play.

  Otto von Bismarck

  Agreement, Play, Forever

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