"Ukraine, a new and important space on the Eurasian chessboard, is a geopolitical pivot because its very existence as an independent country helps to transform Russia. Without Ukraine, Russia ceases to be a Eurasian empire."

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Source : Zbigniew Brzezinski (2007). “The Grand Chessboard”, p.48, Basic Books

Zbigniew Brzezinski

#Country Quotes #Independent Quotes #Ukraine Quotes

“Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.”
“When I put something on, and I stand up much straighter, that's when I love to wear clothes.”
“My uncle always said, â€˜Hurry slowly.â€™ I guess [it means] have the intensity of love but donâ€™t rush into it. Have the full feeling but take it slow. Ease into it.”
“It's such a performance to bring stuff into America. It's a great luxury when I am in England.”
“Christendom never came from an unbroken grave. It would have been buried in that grave, as Judas thought it was going to be, and as the Jews thought it was going to be, except there had been a resurrection from the dead. Then you can explain Christendom, churches, and literatures, if Christ rose again; but otherwise they cannot be explained at all. Our whole civilization rests on the broken Cross of the Master, and it is incredible that a civilization like this, in a world advancing steadily for eighteen centuries, has been founded on a lie.”
“What can we surmise about the likelihood of someone's being caring and generous, loving and helpful, just from knowing that they are a believer? Virtually nothing, say psychologists, sociologists, and others who have studied that question for decade”
“Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.”
“Your relationships can only be as healthy as you are.”

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