If Russia rises, it means that the USA falls down.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Russians clearly perceive America's global influence as being in irreversible decline and American society shattered by major political, economic and ideological crises.
Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots.
If all Europe lies flat while the Russian mob tramps over it, we will then be faced with a war under difficult circumstances, and with a very good chance of losing it.
Putin probably, almost certainly, thinks that one of the great disasters of the 20th century was the demise of the Soviet Union. It's very obvious that he's trying to work its way back and maintain something similar to that sort of institution.
If the people of America do not rise up, take ownership of our country, we're going to lose it forever.
A nation will rise no higher than the strength of its homes.
Russia continues to side with... rogue states and terrorist organizations, following Vladimir Putin's pattern of gratuitous and unpunished affronts to U.S. interests.
No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down.
The rise or fall of Shanghai means the birth or death of the whole nation.