Famous quotes containing the words soviet and/or attempt:
“They were right. The Soviet régime is not the embodiment of evil as you think in the West. They have laws and I broke them. I hate tea and they love tea. Who is wrong?”
—Alexander Zinoviev (b. 1922)
“Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic.”
—Derek Walcott (b. 1930)