There are active [Russian] soldiers fighting among us who preferred to spend their vacation not on the beach, but with us, among their brothers, who are fighting for their freedom.
--Aleksandr Zakharchenko, a rebel commander in Ukraine, speaking on Russian state-run television
I have a perverse admiration for propagandists who understand that the bigger the lie, the more believable it is.
Mitt might want to look into hiring Aleksandr as a speechwriter.