Moreover, the accomplishment of Russia's aims has been greatly simplified by the fact that we have heretofore offered the world no practical antidote for the Russian poison.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism.
The Russian yearning for the meaning of life is the major theme of our literature, and this is the real point of our intelligentsia's existence.
Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only.
There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode.
If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
The relationship between a Russian and a bottle of vodka is almost mystical.
The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.
Nuclear deterrence doesn't work outside of the Russian - U.S. context; Saddam Hussein showed that.
We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon.
In the sense that people who produce things and work get rewarded, statistically. You don't get rewarded precisely for your effort, but in Russia you got rewarded for being alive, but not very well rewarded.