That the existence of the Soviet Union has an international revolutionary significance is a commonplace equally recognized by friends and foes. — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
“Has Stalin understood correctly?’ asked Stalin. ‘You were on Franco’s side, you have fought against Comrade Mao, you have… saved the life… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“The Korean Peninsula was kind of left over when the Second World War ended. Stalin and Truman each occupied a bit in… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
Scholars have been arguing for a long time whether the Soviet Union could have been turned into some kind of social democracy.… — David Hoffman Copy Share Image
“But there's one word. You look at any other term of political discourse, and you're going to find the same thing: the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Bin Laden had come to the delusional conclusion that the United States was as weak as the Soviet Union had once been. — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
In the era of Khruschev the Soviet Union had publicly declared itself a supporter of the Indian stand on Kashmir. In 1962… — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
Above all, we should acknowledge that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a major geopolitical disaster of the century. As for… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The Soviet Union began by banishing God. The United States began as a community of people who wanted to worship God as… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Vladimir Putin knows exactly what he wants from the relationship with USA. In return for good relations, he wants lifting of sanctions,… — Michael McFaul Copy Share Image
“no stereotype can explain why and how, in the six months after the German invasion of the Soviet Union, a technique to… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
It seems that probably Putin's father maintained some connection to the secret police throughout his life. One sign of that is that… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
I don't think that the Soviet Union and China are accidents, aberrations; I think they follow from Marxism-Leninism. I think that Leninism… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
The Soviets held to the tradition of colonialism. They raped the country and killed many people. But they also built dams, electrical… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that the second President Bush inherited a very serious terrorist threat, though not such a threat as had… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
The interests of the Soviet Union are in controlling highly developed countries and having the benefit of their economies so that they… — Barbara Amiel Copy Share Image
“As the old saying went in the Soviet Union, “They pretend to pay us, and we pretend to work.” — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I don't think we replaced the Soviet Union with Al Qaida. I think we replaced, we should have, Soviet Union with the… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
“The disaster at the Chernobyl plant, along with the war in Afghanistan and the cruise-missile question, is generally seen today as the… — Geert Mak Copy Share Image
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
“Those who have been forced to study 'dialectical materialism', the strange concoction that was supposed to form the philosophical foundation of Marxism… — Eugene V. Koonin Copy Share Image
Twenty years ago, I said there was going to be something that would stop the Soviet Union from taking over the world.… — Hal Lindsey Copy Share Image
“There's a joke people tell in the Soviet Union: Mitterrand, Bush and Gorbachev have a meeting with God. Mitterrand says, 'My country… — P.J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
