People in Russia say that those who do not regret the collapse of the Soviet Union have no heart, and those that… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
When the Soviet Union was dissolved, most of us didn't even have the feeling that the country was falling apart. We thought… — Vladislav Surkov Copy Share Image
Think about it: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela. These countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Growing up, I didn't know very much about my heritage and the Soviet Union and things of that nature. But when I… — Gabe Polsky Copy Share Image
I would rather have the United States as the world's policeman than the Soviet Union as the world's jailer. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
When I was young, communism, which had a certain allure to me, was clearly a failed experiment in the Soviet Union and… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I think his [Reagan's] policy toward the Soviet Union was more risky than most people realize, and it was risky because of… — David E. Hoffman Copy Share Image
“The rules are simple: they lie to us, we know they're lying, they know we know they're lying, but they keep lying… — Elena Gorokhova Copy Share Image
However, the treaty exists and it puts us in a different position toward the Soviet Union than the one we have toward… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
When I joined the Army in the late '70s, there was a real threat from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, so… — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
Anyone who would understand the Reagan victory of 1980 and the movement that eliminated the Soviet Union and revitalized America must read-indeed… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
Architects design buildings; that's what we do, so we have to go with the flow; and, even though I'm still an old… — Richard Rogers Copy Share Image
While the Soviet Union has imposed its rule on its neighbours and drawn an iron curtain between east and west, we in… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, and within a few weeks the full-scale reformation he attempted… — Stephen Cohen Copy Share Image
After the Cold War ended, there was an agreement between the former Soviet Union and America to convert weapons-grade nuclear materials into… — Susan Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Socialism's failure in the former Soviet Union and in the other socialist countries stands as a clean and unquestionable warning as to… — Richard Ebeling Copy Share Image
“It amazes me still to this day how quickly the empire fell to pieces. One day the people are kissing the ground… — Robert Alexander Copy Share Image
It's important to remember that World War II was experienced very much as a continuity in that sense. Most of World War… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
“Whether the recollection is of fascist Italy in the 1920s, of Nazi Germany of the 1930s, of the Soviet Union during the… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
She's the girl who is lost in space, the girl who is disappearing always, forever fading away and receding farther and farther… — Tamika-leeigh Copy Share Image
“Like a lot of lawyers in the party, my father combined uncritical devotion to the imaginary Soviet Union in his head with… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
Why were the Europeans bothered about the Soviet Union at all? It was nothing to do with us. China had nothing to… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“It is clear enough why both major propaganda systems insist upon this fantasy. Since its origins, the Soviet State has attempted to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Stalin perceived the world in stark black and white. In the same way, he divided people, nations, actions, and ideas into only… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“History can familiarize, and it can warn. In the late nineteenth century, just as in the late twentieth century, the expansion of… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“The Soviets replaced him with a non-Jewish figure, Imre Nagy. Nagy was a Communist, but a reformer rather than a Stalinist. He… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
“Well, let me just end with one last point to do with your question. One of the issues which has devastated a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“In the absence of expert [senior military] advice, we have seen each successive administration fail in the business of strategy - yielding… — Edward Luttwak Copy Share Image
When we went to the moon and realized that the Soviet Union had no realistic plans of getting to the moon, then… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The Soviet Union collapsed without a lot of people thinking it should or would, whereas for Estonia, it was something we'd been… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Copy Share Image
In the Soviet Union it was illegal to take a photograph of a train station. Look what happened to them. They tried… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
The collapse of the Soviet Union could not have been a source of national pride for many in Russia. The one person… — Brandon Webb Copy Share Image
I am well aware that there are prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union, including some who have said they have chosen… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Thirteen years after the end of the Soviet Union, the American press establishment seemed eager to turn Ukraine's protested presidential election on… — Stephen Cohen Copy Share Image
I think it's more difficult now to write a spy thriller with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Many authors have tried,… — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
We have a freer world because of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the changes in China. Those two have been… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I said in court a long time ago that I didn't see that the Soviet Union was significantly helped by the information… — Aldrich Ames Copy Share Image
In light of 50 years of bondage of Eastern Europe, [invading the Soviet Union in 1948 to prevent it from acquiring nuclear… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
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