An iron curtain has descended over Europe.

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

— Winston Churchill

Americans have always risen to the moment, from defeating the scourge of fascism to bringing down the Iron Curtain.

— John Ratcliffe

I spent a lot of time behind the Iron Curtain, and their cars were abysmal.

— P. J. O'Rourke

History has often showed us the strength of the forces that are unleashed by the yearning for freedom. It moved people to overcome their…

— Angela Merkel

For two generations up through the mid-1980s, many thought we were losing the Cold War, even in early 1989, few believed that Poland's solidarity…

— Daniel Fried

While the Soviet Union has imposed its rule on its neighbours and drawn an iron curtain between east and west, we in Great Britain…

— Margaret Thatcher

The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little…

— Jan Peter Balkenende

You know that Estonia, based largely on how successful Skype was, built by Estonian developers, that was a tenth of the entire country's GDP…

— Alexis Ohanian

From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

What can not be overcome in prayer? Answer me! What cannot be done by the hand of the Almighty? Answer me! What can be…

— Paul Washer

If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation.…

— Joseph Goebbels

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Atlantic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind the line lie all the…

— Winston Churchill

There is a curtain, thin as gossamer, clear as glass, strong as iron, that hangs forever between the world of magic and the world…

— E. Nesbit

The Iron Curtain may be a thing of the past, but Mother Russia is as mysterious as ever.

— Robert Gottlieb

I am a witness to nations and people deprived of their freedom. I was there. I watched that great Iron Curtain drop around nations…

— Ezra Taft Benson