In Russia, whatever be the appearance of things, violence and arbitrary rule is at the bottom of them all. Tyranny rendered calm b...y the influence of terror is the only kind of happiness which this government is able to afford its people.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I do not believe I am exaggerating in affirming that the empire of Russia is a country whose inhabitants are the most miserable on... earth, because they suffer at one and the same time the evils of barbarism and of civilization.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
...the worst horror of the Russian Revolution was the letting loose of one hundred million orators, for their passion for talk was... immediately responsible for all the other horrors ...Oratory prevented Russia from becoming a constitutional country. Oratory tore the Revolution from the patriots and gave it into the bloody hands of the mob. Oratory murdered the Czar, his wife, and their innocent children. Oratory almost wiped out the educated classes. Oratory held the stupid populace spellbound while the Germans invaded the country, boosted Lenine [sic] into power, and paved the way for the treaty of Brest-Litovsk. I never want to hear any more oratory as long as I live.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... from Russia I didn't bring out a single happy memory, only sad, tragic ones. The nightmare of pogroms, the brutality of Cossac...ks charging young Socialists, fear, shrieks of terror ...LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
How can I explain the difference to me between America and Russia?... the America I've known is a place where men on horseback esc...ort union marchers, the Russia I've known is a place where men on horseback slaughter young Socialists and Jews.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins ...in five minutes.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.... ... Stars of Death stood over us, and innocent Russia squirmed under the bloody boots, under the wheels of black Marias.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »