Russian Civil War/aftermath

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

    An enormously vast field lies between “God exists” and “there is no God.” The truly wise man traverses it with great difficulty. A Russian knows one or the other of these two extremes, but is not interested in the middle ground. He usually knows nothing, or very little.
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

    The cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats.
    Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    Nietzsche, to the end of his days, remained a Russian pastor’s son, and hence two-thirds of a Puritan; he erected his war upon holiness, toward the end, into a sort of holy war.
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)

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