We wasted a lot of creative energy in that immediate post colonial era, when there was a struggle between, you know, the… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
“In times of profound and overwhelming social change like the present, however, extreme views hold out the appeal of simplicity. By ignoring… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
There's a tendency on the part of Americans, all of us, to say, 'Hey, the Cold War is over, the Soviet Union… — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
It's expensive to keep communism alive today. I've already got a huge foreign debt staring me in the face, and I can't… — Nicolae Ceausescu Copy Share Image
Humanity is undergoing, in the post-Cold War era, an economic and social crisis of unprecedented scale leading to the rapid impoverishment of… — Michel Chossudovsky Copy Share Image
“The British consul in Mashed later wrote in his memoirs that what had turned “Russia from hot-war ally to cold-war rival” was… — Ervand Abrahamian Copy Share Image
Truman is now seen as a near-great president because he put in place the containment doctrine boosted by the Truman Doctrine and… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
A lot of the people in history who I really admire lived before the hyperinformation age we're living in. Even if they… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“From 1957 through 1961, Khrushchev openly, repeatedly, and bloodcurdlingly threatened the West with nuclear annihilation. Soviet missile capabilities were so far superior… — John Lewis Gaddis Copy Share Image
“The idea for the Guild first came up at a party. Your father and I met there and, well, I suppose that's… — Sonny and Ais Copy Share Image
“Mmm," said Ares, without turning his head. "This war on terror isn't producing enough casualties. Bringing in Iran is the obvious choice,… — Marie Phillips Copy Share Image
“Simple class-based bigotry that infected truth in the liberal media. And he knew the difference between those same propaganda dicks who distinguished… — Michael J. Stedman Copy Share Image
“The 9/11 Commission warned that Al Qaeda "could... scheme to wield weapons of unprecedented destructive power in the largest cities of the… — Robert Hormats Copy Share Image
For 40 years we were led to think of the Russians as godless, materialistic and an evil empire. When the Cold War… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
“Strict Time There's a hand on a wire that leads to my mouth I can hear you knocking but I'm not coming… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
When we succeeded in winning the Cold War, escaping a nuclear Armageddon that could have killed us all, the U.S. inevitably had… — Graham T. Allison Copy Share Image
The drafters of the [Refugee Convention ] had the Cold War in mind and mainly sought to protect a few thousand dissidents… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The two-war strategy was a product of the cold war, when we had to have the ability to fight the Russians on… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
Seldom, if ever, has a war ended leaving the victors with such a sense of uncertainty and fear, with such a realization… — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
A drastic reduction in weapons competition following a general release from the commitment to the Cold War would be sharply in conflict… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you tonight in my … chiffon evening gown, my face softly made up, my fair hair… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
Anti-Americanism may indeed have grown fiercer than it was during the cold war. It is a common phenomenon that when the angels… — Ian Buruma Copy Share Image
But let there be no misunderstanding. The war against terror is every bit as important as our fight against fascism in World… — Jim Bunning Copy Share Image
I think the Cold War works as a great analogy or simile for different kinds of conflict. It's funny, when you look… — Matthew Rhys Copy Share Image
When President Kennedy set us on a path to the Moon in the 1960s, he knew exactly why - to produce a… — Rick Tumlinson Copy Share Image
NATO is still the most remarkable alliance in history. It stuck together through 40 years of Cold War, and it then joined… — Paul Wolfowitz Copy Share Image
If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under… — Joseph Goebbels Copy Share Image
Pentagon's readiness and modernization problems are not due to budget cuts. The are the result of habitual modes of conduct evolved during… — Franklin C. Spinney Copy Share Image
If we are safe today, it is because America has stood with us. If we are to remain safe tomorrow, it will… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain… — Jan Peter Balkenende Copy Share Image
You know, it's very clear, as one looks back on history again of the Cold War that, following the crisis in Cuba,… — Alexander Haig Copy Share Image
I do think that when we're looking at Putin's actions, we really need to look further into what his point is. Because… — Clarissa Ward Copy Share Image
You know, there is a long tradition in the U.S. of, um, promoting elections up to the point that you get an… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
During the day on Monday, Washington time, the airport at Saigon came under persistent rocket as well as artillery fire and was… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
As a nation we have, over the past seven years, been rebuilding our intelligence with powerful capabilities that many thought we would… — George Tenet Copy Share Image
The lessons Noam Chomsky sets out to teach us in 'Toward a New Cold War' are invaluable. The United States, like any… — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
“[The Soviet State Security Service] is more than a secret police organization, more than an intelligence and counter-intelligence organization. It is an… — Allen W. Dulles Copy Share Image
What Americans cant face is that one of the reasons that the Russians and the Chinese were so impressed with us during… — Robert D. Kaplan Copy Share Image
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