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)
“A mechanism of some kind stands between us and almost every act of our lives.”
—Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 3, ch. 2 (1962)
“All war represents a failure of diplomacy.”
—Tony Benn (b. 1925)
“The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)