Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, the people of Russia have never known real freedom. During the 20th century, over the course of 70 years, Joseph Stalin, the Soviet Union's henchman and regime leader, and that of his successors were responsible for the brutal murder of millions upon millions of innocent people inside Ukraine, Russia, Poland, and many other Central and Eastern European countries that became familiarly known as the Captive Nations. During World War II, American soldiers never really made it east of Germany when they liberated camps in Germany, and so much of the truth about what happened behind what was called the Iron Curtain, the edge of Soviet rule, was largely unknown to the West. Russia's wretched rule included: Forced famine, starving millions of her own people to gain the acquiescence of others; Gulags, where individuals were sent to work in work camps and died. They died of starvation. They died of overwork. They died of disease; Genocide, the wiping out of ethnic groups that didn't fit the perfect image of the ruler of Russia; Ethnic cleansing and a horrific world war launched in collaboration with Nazi Germany, where Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union divided up Europe as they saw fit. Not all Europeans have experienced the same history. I am interested to read some press reports now about Eurocentric people. Well, let me tell you, the history of Nazi Germany and the history of occupied Ukraine or occupied Poland are completely different.…”