Surkov Quotes & Sayings

Soviet-era nostalgia has strong support among the people. But not among the elite and, in my opinion, not with the president. We are not interested in keeping remnants of the communist era alive. — Vladislav Surkov

If you're old enough to be arrested, you're old enough to carry a gun. — Pat Paulsen

I do not know why there are more people in the world that dare to be different than there are people who dare to make a difference. — Tonny K. Brown

The West doesn't have to love us. In fact, we should ask ourselves more often why people are so suspicious of us. After all, the West isn't a charity organization. How have we been perceived for centuries? As a huge, warlike realm ruled by despots - first by the czars and then Bolsheviks. Why should anyone have loved us? If we want to be accepted, we have to do something in return. And it's an art that we have yet to master. — Vladislav Surkov

Parties can't be artificially assembled at the Kremlin. — Vladislav Surkov

Nd love is not swayed by opinions; love accepts its companion unconditionally and allows each to grow in his or her own way — Paulo Coelho

When the Soviet Union was dissolved, most of us didn't even have the feeling that the country was falling apart. We thought we would continue with our lives as in the past, but as good neighbors. — Vladislav Surkov

The main problem is that many support the United Russia Party without even agreeing with its ideology - or even having an ideology of their own. — Vladislav Surkov

I was on Khodorkovsky's payroll myself for ten years. I'm biased because I respect him. — Vladislav Surkov

TV directors just aren't sexy for some reason, Although, you know, Rob and Kim [Manners] are very sexy in my eyes. — David Duchovny

As someone who grew up there, I say: The Chechen Republic must remain part of Russia. Everything else is negotiable. — Vladislav Surkov

The first thing you have to learn when you go into the arts is to learn to cope with rejection. If you can't, you're dead — Warren Adler

The real purpose of welfare is to get rid of poor people entirely. Everybody knows welfare has bad effects; that's the point. — P. J. O'Rourke

I believe that renunciation of the Soviet Union was an expression of the free will of the Russian people. — Vladislav Surkov

Take time for all things. — Benjamin Franklin