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Robert K. Massie Quotes

The cat does not negotiate with the mouse.

The cat does not negotiate with the mouse.

Robert K. Massie
Cat, Doe, Mice
Robert K. Massie (2012). “Peter the Great: His Life and World”, p.558, Random House

The love of power and the power to attract love were not easy to reconcile.

Robert K. Massie
Easy, Reconcile
Robert K. Massie (2011). “Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman”, p.449, Random House

There would be no Lenin without Rasputin.

Robert K. Massie
Rasputin, Would Be

In Russia everything is a secret, but there is no secrecy.

Robert K. Massie
Russia, Secret, Secrecy
Robert K. Massie (2012). “The Romanovs: The Final Chapter”, p.73, Random House

One of the things that really bothers me is that Americans don't have any sense of history. The majority of Americans don't have any idea of where we've come from, so they naturally succumb to the kind of cliche version that Ronald Reagan represented.

Robert K. Massie
Ideas, America, Majority
"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Four of my children are daughters, and Ive watched them devote themselves to reading books about how little girls learn to become women - how they learn to deal with boys and men, and the different hurdles females have to go over.

Robert K. Massie
Girl, Daughter, Children

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