While we like to think queueing is unique to British culture, the truth is that we are mere amateurs. The old Soviet… — Julia Hartley-Brewer 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 ultimate goal of the whole policy of peaceful co-existence was to make progress on the basic goal laid down by Lenin… — Paul Nitze Copy Share Image
“the President was deciding, for the U.S., the Soviet Union, Turkey, NATO, and really for all mankind….” — Robert F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Soviet Union is like the Cross without Christ, while American culture is like Christ without the Cross. — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“Kennedy, who had campaigned strongly on the “Missile Gap” issue, soon discovered as president that the Soviet Union didn’t have the 500… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
Russia can fall apart. It's not because of the oil prices ... It's because what sticks a country together is a common… — Ilya Ponomarev 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
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
The most puzzling development in politics during the last decade is the apparent determination of Western European leaders to re-create the Soviet… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Vladimir Putin is a smart guy. I don't like him, smart guy. He is going to advance the cause of Russia until… — Adam Kinzinger Copy Share Image
The Cold War philosophy of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), which prevented the former Soviet Union and the United States from using the… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“Since its origins, socialism has meant the liberation of working people from exploitation. As the Marxist theoretician Anton Pannekoek observed, “this goal… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“If your case, as a politically repressed person, is reviewed by the Special Council, you are almost guaranteed the standard sentence: ten… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was 18, I went to the Soviet Union. I kept hearing that America was planning to bomb them - lots… — Alice Walker 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
Honduras is strongly anti-Communist, maintains no diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and has provided vital support for United States-backed rebels fighting… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
“She was tired of being used like a pump handle by all of them, the vlasti, the inheritors of the former Soviet… — Jason Matthews Copy Share Image
“The Islamic revolution in Iran is a positive development. At the same time, the Islamic revolution of Afghanistan, sprung exclusively from spiritual… — Otto Ernst Remer Copy Share Image
My mother was a doctor, and I grew up with her in a little apartment belonging to my grandmother, because the Soviet… — Kersti Kaljulaid Copy Share Image
The Soviet Union and something called communism per se had not been the object of Washington's global attacks. There had never been… — William Blum Copy Share Image
When the United States worked to contain the Soviet Union during the Cold War, we went to enormous lengths to get as… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
“I belong to a generation that came of age listening to news of the collapse of the Communist dicatorships and never felt… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
My first-ever game was at the 1966 World Cup. The old man was a bricklayer's labourer, on a job in the north-east… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image