Sergei Ivanov famous quotes
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It is painful to talk about it, but even with its 110,000 elite soldiers, the Soviet Union never managed to gain control over the entire Afghan territory.
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Moscow has been helping the Northern Alliance because "the Taliban was openly supported by Pakistan... until last week, Pakistani servicemen had taken part in war operations on the Taliban side.
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The Baltic countries are sovereign nations. They have the right to decide which military and political bloc they want to be a part of.
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Russia sees itself as a country that is self-sufficient.
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Because of its huge territory, Russia must devote a great deal of attention to security.
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When it comes to culture, religion and mentality, most Russians identify with Europe.
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We have put the Cold War behind us. We no longer count our divisions and our warheads. And I am Russia's first civilian defense minister in many centuries. We have become more pragmatic.
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We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?
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After 15 years of work I have achieved, as a common German soldier and merely with my fanatical willpower, the unity of the German nation, and have freed it from the death sentence of Versailles.
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You need some insecurity if you're an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven't yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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Drill your soldiers well, and give them a pattern yourself.
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League is much, much more physical than Union, and that's before anyone starts breaking the rules.
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I was an organizer in the Food, Agricultural and Tobacco Workers Union down in North Carolina.
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If the Constitution is adopted (and it was) the Union will be in fact and in theory an association of States or a Confederacy.
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If we cling to the institution of Islam, then we tend to defend it against whatever we see as a danger to it, so because of this we see now that many people are defending states, defending territories, defending everything institutional in the belief that they defend Islam.
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Push me past my limit all you want. It's territory I know well.
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In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic territory.
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