Ukraine Quotes

• Ukraine has been a strong partner to the United States on international initiatives and a committed ally in fighting the War on Terrorism.

  Vito Fossella

  Strong, War, Fighting

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• Ukraine is a vital link for Europe: our energy transportation networks; our location between the European Union and Eurasia. We're the melting pot of Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity. The democracy we founded with the Orange Revolution has to be an example for other post-Soviet states.

  Yulia Tymoshenko

  Europe, Orange, Democracy

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• Farmers present by themselves the basic force of the national movement. Without farmers there can be no strong national movement. This is what we mean when we say that the nationalist question, is actually, the farmers' question.

  Joseph Stalin

  Strong, Mean, Movement

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• Huge events like the Ukraine famine of 1933, involving the deaths of millions of people, have actually escaped the attention of the majority of English russophiles.

  George Orwell

  People, Majority, Events

  George Orwell (2005). “In defence of English cooking”, Penguin Hardcover

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• - Oh no, The Collective Farm policy was a terrible struggle... Ten million (he said holding up his hands). It was fearful. Four years it lasted. It was absolutely necessary.

  Joseph Stalin

  Struggle, Hands, Years

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• ...Have the stresses of war been as bad to you personally as carrying through the policy of Collective Farms?

  Winston Churchill

  War, Stress, Genocide

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• Ukraine had quite serious impact on the many Russians. They could see that ordinary people in Ukraine which is a bordering state, very close to Russia, the people of this state are, they didn't want to tolerate anymore the power abuse by Ukrainian officials.

  Garry Kasparov

  Impact, Russia, Eyebrows

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• I am a citizen of the world, and also a citizen of Ukraine.

  Victor Pinchuk

  Citizens, World

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• 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.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Country, Independent, Russia

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

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• Ukraine must once again be revered and respected by its citizens as well as the East and the West.

  Viktor Yushchenko

  East, Citizens, West

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• I know the Russian political elite has got used to the Ukraine suffering from an inferiority complex, but I want this to disappear from our relationship.

  Yulia Tymoshenko

  Political, Suffering, Inferiority

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• The demonstrators in Ukraine will persevere and succeed, or grow tired, cold and fade.

  Bob Schaffer

  Tired, Succeed, Cold

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• We must improve our lives and we will do it together - all of our citizens and myself as president of Ukraine.

  Viktor Yanukovych

  President, Together, Citizens

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• The crisis in Ukraine is all the European Union's fault. Its leaders negotiated a trade deal with Ukraine, which essentially blackmailed the country to choose between Europe and Russia.

  Marine Le Pen

  Country, Russia, Europe

  "​Crisis in Ukraine is ‘all EU’s fault’ – France’s Marine Le Pen". www.rt.com. September 6, 2014.

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• I promise everyone who comes to Ukraine can see a beautiful country.

  Vitali Klitschko

  Beautiful, Country, Motivation

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• Every nation at the end of the day must fend for itself. Sometimes, it needs help. And Ukraine deserves all the help in the world.

  Marvin Kalb

  The End Of The Day, Needs, World

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Ukraine is also successfully moving toward democracy and making progress expanding freedoms and rights to its people. We can help Ukraine achieve these goals and improve its economy by normalizing trade relations.

  Vito Fossella

  Moving, Rights, Goal

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• God's intention is to transform your life, your promised land, and your nation, and to use you to bring back the earth to Himself, just as He is doing with us in Ukraine

  Sunday Adelaja

  Land, Use, Earth

  Sunday Adelaja (2008). “Church Shift”, p.27, Charisma Media

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• The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents.

  Bob Schaffer

  Agency, News, Down And

  "Go Orange!". National Review Online Interview, www.nationalreview.com. November 30, 2004.

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• I grew up in the Ukraine 'til I was about 7, and then I moved to L.A.

  Mila Kunis

  Grew Up, Grew, Moved

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• There is only one conflict in Ukraine today and it is between the regime and the people.

  Viktor Yushchenko

  People, Today, Conflict

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• The Western media tends to place a lot of emphasis on "official" institutions in Ukraine such as its supreme court, the central election commission, and the parliament. In reality, the people of Ukraine now control their destiny.

  Bob Schaffer

  Destiny, Reality, Media

  "Go Orange!". National Review Interview, www.nationalreview.com. November 30, 2004.

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• In spite of the frightful pogroms which took place, first in Poland and then in unprecedented fashion in the Ukraine, and which cost the lives of thousands of Jews, the Jewish people considered the post-war period as a messianic era. Israel, during those years, 1919-1920, rejoiced in Eastern and Southern Europe, in Northern and Southern Africa, and above all in America.

  Denis Fahey

  Fashion, War, Israel

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• I talk with countries, whether it's the Arab states or in the Middle East, and they talk about how they're glad to see us fighting against Iran. I talk with different countries in reference to Syria, and we talk about how we can get the Iranian influence out. We're talking about North Korea and what we need to do and the pressure we need to put on China. They're happy that we're finally beating up on Russia for what they've done in the Ukraine.

  Nikki Haley

  Country, Fighting, Russia

  "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com. April 2, 2017.

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• Russia can be either an empire or a democracy, but it cannot be both. . . . Without Ukraine, Russia ceases to be an empire, but with Ukraine suborned and then subordinated, Russia automatically becomes an empire.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Russia, Democracy, Empires

  "Russia's lost swagger" by William Harrison, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2008.

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