- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Baltic Quotes
Quotes on the Baltic, from empire to independence
These quotes trace the Baltic through different eras — a marker of Russia's vast geography, the northern edge of a wartime land grab, and home to nations that have stood firmly alongside the West since regaining independence.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Russia's first major intervention began in 1768, when Catherine the Great went to war with the Ottomans, and Count Alexei Orlov, the brother of her lover Grigory, sailed the Baltic fleet through the Strait of Gibraltar to rally rebellions in the Mediterranean.
- Enemies
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to have a national security that puts steel in front of our enemies. I would send weapons to Ukraine. I would work with NATO to put forces on the eastern border of Poland and the Baltic nations, and I would reinstate, put in place back in the missile defense system that we had in Poland and in the Czech Republic.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
Following the end of the Cold War, there was much discussion concerning the point of NATO. In the event, it was reinvented as a means of reducing Russia's reach on its western frontiers and seeking to isolate it. Its former East European client states were admitted to NATO, as were the Baltic states.
- Nov 07, 2020
I love the beach; I grew up on the Baltic Sea. I love the beach. I love the water. I love surfing and swimming.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've had Vice President Pence visiting Tallinn, where he met not only with me but also with my other Baltic colleagues - Lithuanian President Ms. Grybauskaite and Latvian President Mr. Vejonis. And, of course, Vice President Pence has been very clear that NATO acts as a whole. Attack against one is attack against all.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the end of all this, Russia held in her hands a vast belt of land running from the Baltic sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, comprising eleven nations with a population of 100 million people.
- Independence
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the Baltic countries have been steadfast in support of allies of the United States since they gained their independence following the fall of the Soviet Union and have continued to be supportive in the ongoing war on terror.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
Does anyone who leaves a Baltic country ever want to return to it? Someone must, I suppose.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am looking forward to a series of productive meetings in both Austria and Estonia, particularly what role organized crime plays in the Baltic drug trade.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
What Churchill described as the twin marauders of war and tyranny have been almost entirely banished from our continent. Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020