Famous quotes containing the words russian, civil, war and/or aftermath:
“I won the battle the wrong way when our worthy Russian generals were losing it the right way.”
—George Bernard Shaw (18561950)
“If I thought that I could speak with discrimination and impartiality of the nations of Christendom, I should praise them, but it tasks me too much. They seem to be the most civil and humane, but I may be mistaken.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“The war is utter damn nonsensea vast cancer fed by lies and self seeking [sic] malignity on the part of those who dont do the fighting.”
—John Dos Passos (18961970)
“The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)