Russian Civil War/aftermath

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

    “The French courage proceeds from vanity—the German from phlegm—the Turkish from fanaticism & opium—the Spanish from pride—the English from coolness—the Dutch from obstinacy—the Russian from insensibility—but the Italian from anger.”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    “I’ve never been afraid to step out and to reach out and to move out in order to make things happen.”
    —Victoria Gray, African American civil rights activist. As quoted in This Little Light of Mine, ch. 3, by Hay Mills (1993)

    “The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm.”
    —Albert Camus (1913–1960)

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