Garry Kasparov quotes - page 2

"Socialism with a human face"? ... Frankenstein also had a human face. (Garry Kasparov)
There are an infinite number of ways to lie and only one truth. Propaganda today is not a wall, not a dike holding back information from reaching the people. It is a flood, overwhelming our critical thinking. The concept is not to promote a particular narrative or agenda but to create doubt and to make people believe that the truth is unknowable. There are no Russian forces in Ukraine. Russia didn't meddle in the U.S. election. The popular Vladimir Putin was reelected on March 18, 2018. View quote
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Communism is like an autoimmune disorder; it doesn't do the killing itself, but it weakens the system so much that the victim is left helpless and unable to fight off anything else. View quote
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As a chess player, I know that strategy is the future impact of present decisions. However grand our plans are for two, five, even ten moves ahead, it's the move that we make now that determines that future. View quote
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment. View quote
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It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess. View quote
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Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters. View quote
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More and more people in my country recognise the dangers of having their governors appointed by Putin and having no influence in parliament because Parliament today is also following instructions from Kremlin and no longer represents its people. View quote
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Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin. View quote
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I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy. View quote
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The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media. (Garry Kasparov)
It didn't take long to recognise the shortcomings of the Soviet regime and to see the values of the free world. View quote
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I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country. View quote
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I think we have very steady records of President Putin, who inherited the country with democratic values. View quote
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention. View quote
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The only successor to President Putin is President Putin himself and we could of course dream about President Putin stepping down voluntarily and picking out successor which would be probably as bad as him. View quote
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin. View quote
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I have some security that could protect me against provocations but of course there are more terrible actions that could not be stopped by any security. View quote
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I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay. View quote
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We have to stop the propaganda, the shameful propaganda used by Kremlin to rehabilitate these old types. View quote
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If you make a decision to fight for future of your own country you have to consider all the consequences. (Garry Kasparov)
I have some strategical vision, I could calculate some few moves ahead and I have an intellect that is badly missed in the country which is run by generals and colonels. View quote
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Bush Administration was a success. View quote
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As for polling, when an anonymous caller reaches a Russian at home to ask his opinion of the man who controls every aspect of the Russian police state, it would take great courage to report anything less than enthusiastic support. It is a testament to the bravery of many of my countrymen that Putin does not yet receive the 99 percent approval scores that Saddam Hussein and Muammar Qaddafi enjoyed up until the minute they no longer had the power of life and death over their own citizens. View quote
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Russia's election spectacle on March 18 isn't only a domestic distraction. It provides Putin's defenders in the free world with rhetorical ammunition, as do the approval polls and fake controversies over the fake opposition candidates. There is no form of democratic process or opposition in Putin's Russia. Pretending otherwise makes you complicit in his propaganda. Stop calling them elections. Stop calling Putin a president. Stop calling to congratulate him on his victories. Let us begin the fight against Putin's lies with the fundamental truth about what he really is. View quote
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