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We have an idea that we Americans are God's chosen people, that God loves us more than any other people, and that we are God's blessed. I tell you that God doesn't love us any more than He does the Russians.

I love Russia. Some people love Africa, some people love Mexico, some people love purple, the color purple. I love Russia, and I'm not scared to say it.

Don't you forget what's divine in the Russian soul and that's resignation.

I love the Russians for their verve, their melancholia, their vivacity, their unpredictability, and their humour.

We loved being in Russia and would love to go back again, especially to visit my namesake.

The mentality of the Russian demands a lord, a czar, a president.

I do not like Moscow life. You live here not as you want to live, but as old women want you to.

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.

Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only.

Russians aren't perfect. Their politics are messed up, and they keep going through self-defeating economic cycles. But I have a lot of respect for Russia, and a lot of love for Russians.