“The Europeans do tend to delegitimize Israel and turn Israel into a di...” — Simon Sebag Montefiore Quote

“The Europeans do tend to delegitimize Israel and turn Israel into a dirty word, which is unforgivable.”

“The disorder, uncertainty, and strife of a revolution make citizens yearn for stable authority, or they turn to radicalism.”

“No one can take away the experience of Yeltsin's freedoms, but Russian democracy will never follow Western models: other authoritarian 'controlled democracies' - Turkey, Taiwan, Mexico - ultimately developed into democracies. But it took decades.”