I Am a Chechen! Quotes

“We didn't go to war. The war came to us.”
― German Sadulaev, I Am a Chechen!

“Grozny. Russian for 'terrible'. Think carefully before naming your children, your cities or even your dogs. In giving a name you are shaping fate, that's what happens.”
― German Sadulaev, I Am a Chechen!

“In Nazran nobody complained, neither the women nor the small children. Sometimes they said, 'It was Allah's will.'How can you defeat such a nation, how can you subjugate them, conquer them? You can never defeat a Chechen. You can only kill him, eliminate him.”
― German Sadulaev, I Am a Chechen!

“The great conqueror Timur the Lame was so embittered by the little nation's resistance that he sent a reprisal expedition to the mountains. Timur's warriors threw everyone they found in the mountains from the tall cliffs. Thus had Timur commanded, for the only good Chechen is a peaceful Chechen, and the only peaceful Chechen is a dead Chechen.”
― German Sadulaev, I Am a Chechen!

“When russians die, they talk of 'losses', or even say they've 'fallen'. When Chechens die, they describe them as 'eliminated'. Because Chechens are the enemy. I too am Chechen: the enemy. And when I die, they'll describe me as 'eliminated'.”
― German Sadulaev, I Am a Chechen!