Russian Civil War/aftermath

Famous quotes containing the words russian, civil, war and/or aftermath:

    Louise, something in me tightens when an American intellectual’s eyes shine, and they start to talk to me about the Russian people. Something in me says, Watch it, a new version of Irish Catholicism is being offered for your faith.
    Warren Beatty (b. 1937)

    The utter helplessness of a conquered people is perhaps the most tragic feature of a civil war or any other sort of war.
    Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835–1930)

    Either war is obsolete or men are.
    R. Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983)

    The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)