Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes

I do believe that both countries, China and Russia, that both of them are responsible countries.

Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.

I believe the U.S. already understands and will understand more and more that only a strong Russia will respond to the genuine interests of the United States.

The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.

Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners.

Germany has traditionally played a very constructive role regarding E.U. ties with Russia and the West as a whole with Russia.

Well, we are very glad that Russia is so close with NATO.

The only things that matter in the world are Japan and China, Russia and Europe. Latin America doesn’t matter…. And … there’s nothing you can do about the Middle East.

The United States is too big and too important a country to have permanent enemies.

That's the problem with Russia: The world has changed. Europe is not at war, and no one wants to negotiate with us. The world has changed, but Russia prefers to pretend it has not.

You should never make alliances with a decadent nation like France and a semi-barbarous nation like Russia

The threat to Europe is for us to push Russia into China’s arms.

The most important relationship in the world is the U. S. - China relationship.

Israel is part of the free world led by the United States, no matter what.

The more we can have peaceful trade both with Russia, with China, and with others, you know, there's a self interest in this for everyone.

In the event that we don't want to lose the Far East and Siberia, we need a united Europe.

It's better to get along with Russia than not.

I'll tell you what the danger is for Europe. It's carrying out a cold war against Russia and pushing Russia into China's arms. That's the threat to Europe.

There's a gaping difference between the United States of America and Putin's Russia.

We have our differences with Russia. And some of those differences produce conflict. But by no means is this the Soviet Union. We have far more areas of cooperation with Russia than we have areas of conflict.

Russia could be, in fact, it would have to be a different Russia, but it could be a splendid ally. I will say this for the Russians: on their - in their favor, they have the intellectual capacity and the habits of mind to act in the world on a strategic scale, and were they do to so in service of a better cause than their current set of grievances, they would be a natural partner.

In the longer run, I happen to think that Russia really has no choice but to become gradually more associated with the Euro-Atlantic community. Because if it isn't, then it's going to find itself essentially facing China all by itself, facing the Euro-Atlantic community all by itself.

We need American foreign policy that tells the world very clearly that it is bad to be our enemy and good to be our friend.

Franklin Roosevelt is one of the great leaders because he does get along with other people. He makes this huge effort. He's a very charming man. He tries to bring Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill into this tripartite agreement to run the world. And he really was close. If he hadn't died in April of '45, the whole history would be different.

I would love to have a stable, productive relationship with Russia.