Russell Simmons Quotes
The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.
Simmons, Russell, and Chris Morrow. Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success. Gotham Books, 2007.
Vladimir Lenin. In 1957 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev used the first sentence of this quotation in a speech to the Supreme Soviet. See {240121}. He did not say that he was quoting Lenin, but many of the delegates probably knew this.
He traveled to Japan and stayed for the rest of his life and became a very respected Japanese writer. Japanese history had very periods of stability yet the Japanese progressed from a backward, insular, island nation to a highly technological, industrial, superpower in the presence of all the chaos and instability of government and society. The period after the Japanese defeat in the Second World War, has been the longest period of tranquility and stability in the history of Japan.
At the time, there were no major issues In contention for the nation, and bipartisanship became quite easy. That would change markedly in the following decades when the new questions came forward from reformers like Theodore Roosevelt and muckraking journalists. The new questions had to do with monopolies, trusts, corporate power, regulation, corruption and political machines.
Russell Wendell Simmons is an American entrepreneur, record executive, writer, and film producer. He co-founded the hip-hop label Def Jam Recordings, and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris. Simmons' net worth was estimated at $340 million in 2011.