Quotes by George Frost Kennan

"One sometimes feels a guest of one's time and not a member of its household."

"The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable moun"

By George Frost Kennan

"The accords were fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship."

By George Frost Kennan

"Not only the studying and writing of history but also the honoring of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith-"

By George Frost Kennan

"The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to pr"

By George Frost Kennan

"The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian."

By George Frost Kennan

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