It was the first female-style revolution: no violence and we all went shopping. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
We praise the strength, the patience and the longing of the people who did not stop thinking of freedom and democracy in… — Joachim Gauck Copy Share Image
“It looks like my grandma's old VW Rabbit after the Berlin Wall fell on it. Twice.” — Cecily White Copy Share Image
Every Westerner is jubilating that the Berlin Wall has fallen. Something worst than the Berlin Wall is in Palestine; and nobody is… — Yahya Jammeh Copy Share Image
The Syrian people, the Egyptian people, all say that something is changing. The Berlin Wall has fallen. We can see it. — Walid Jumblatt Copy Share Image
I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people voting . . . it was the start of a… — Walid Jumblatt Copy Share Image
“Walls in people's heads are sometimes more durable than walls made of concrete blocks.” — Willy Brandt Copy Share Image
There was a moment when the Berlin Wall came down and some people felt, "Oh capitalism won. That's the ideology we can… — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
In August 1961, I visited President Kennedy at Hyannis Port. The Berlin Wall was going up, and he was about to begin… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I'm not a prophet, but I always thought it was natural for dictatorships to fall. I remember in 1989, two months before… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
As I've watched the Berlin Wall come down, the cry for freedom in China, and the eastern bloc nations, I rejoice, because… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
[Fall of the Berlin Wall] is a reminder that the commitment of the United States, to Europe is enduring and it's rooted… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When the Berlin Wall fell and suddenly all those countries had burgeoning democracies, women were still being left out. The big turning… — Kathy Calvin Copy Share Image
I grew up during the Cold War, when everything seemed very tenuous. For many years, right up until the fall of the… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
It's soul force that removed the English from India. It's soul force that brought down the Berlin Wall. It's soul force that… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
It's a different outlook, and one that I understand. When you are a former member of the Warsaw Pact, when you have… — Jean-Pierre Raffarin Copy Share Image
We always seem to be surprised by events, especially by catastrophes, but also by wonderful events. Look at 1990, the year that… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
It's strange for me to say it, but this process of change has started because of the American invasion of Iraq. I… — Walid Jumblatt Copy Share Image
“Men can sense when a wall is coming down, and they can't help the fact that they have to be there to… — Stuart McLean Copy Share Image
I have a fear of nuclear annihilation. I'm a child of the cold war: I didn't live more than 10 miles from… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
He was a commander in the Russian army at a time when the Russians were our enemies and still part of the… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Socialism's results have ranged between the merely shabby and the truly catastrophic - poverty, strife, oppression and, on the killing fields of… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
President Bush Sr. and Secretary Baker, way back when, told Gorbachev, "We are not going to advance NATO into Eastern Europe. We're… — Rashid Khalidi Copy Share Image
“The 80's in America were about building a better future here in America. We came into the generation dancing. We saw an… — Phil Mitchell Copy Share Image
“The communists didn’t release their grip until the late 1980s. Effective organisation kept them in power for eight long decades, and they… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“A Letter to Andre Breton, Originally Composed on a Leaf of Lettuce With an Ink-dipped Carrot On my bed, my green comforter… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, historians have become both more accurate and more honest—fractionally more brave, one might… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
To be honest, I hate it when people tell me I know what it's like to go through what your'e going through.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The fear of a revanchist Germany was revived in 1989, when the Berlin Wall came down and the two Germanys made plans… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When Communism fell in 1989, the temptation for Western commentators to gloat triumphantly proved irresistible. This, it was declared, marked the end… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
When the Berlin Wall came down the Americans cried, Victory, and walked off the field. — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
We put a lot of money into Russia after the fall of the Berlin Wall, trying to support it economically, trying to… — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
“as soon as the Berlin Wall came crumbling down, the Mobutus became an embarrassment. There was suddenly no reason to prop them… — Jeffrey Gettleman Copy Share Image
“These handkerchief gardens are a traditional German solution to apartment dwellers' yearning for a tool shed and a vegetable garden. They make… — Anna Funder Copy Share Image
We are living in a world in which developments are harder to predict and one that has become more uncertain. In such… — Jens Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
I think graffiti is part of Berlin culture. You think about what the Berlin wall meant and how visible that was in… — Ian Bremmer Copy Share Image
“It was all because of the Berlin Wall. If it weren't for the Berlin War, Cecilia would have never found the letter,… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
When the Berlin Wall came down, my dad left to visit the U.S. He met my mom at this summer camp where… — Zazie Beetz Copy Share Image
“ME LIKE THE MAGNET Men I like, I repel Like a magnet do So if I'm nasty Then you know I probably… — Rae Earl Copy Share Image
From the beginning, we failed to overcome Europe's division. The Berlin Wall fell, but invisible walls were moved to the East of… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image