Famous quotes containing the words soviet and/or soldier:
“They were right. The Soviet régime is not the embodiment of evil as you think in the West. They have laws and I broke them. I hate tea and they love tea. Who is wrong?”
—Alexander Zinoviev (b. 1922)
“When the soldier is hit by a cannon-ball, rags are as becoming as purple.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)