Beijing Quote by Anthony Lane

The Olympics were produced absolutely the same way from 1960 through 1988. It was always the Western World against the Eastern Bloc. You didn't…

— Dick Ebersol

Autocratic countries have attempted to leverage hosting the Olympics into legitimizing their stances among the global community: Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, the Russian…

— Michael Waltz

I think the Olympic Games have been married to political statements. If I go back to Berlin in 1936, it was very politically orientated…

— John Carlos

The Republic-of-China - back in the Olympic Games for the first time

— David Coleman

Already 2008 has proved a tumultuous year in terms of global perceptions of China, and there are still 59 days to go until the…

— Martin Jacques

There used to be a lot more politics in the Olympics, when the Soviet Bloc committed a lot of resources for propaganda purposes.

— Jim Courier

Beijing's Olympics were very grand - they were trying to throw a party for the world, but the hosts didn't enjoy it. The government…

— Ai Weiwei

This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100…

— Ai Weiwei

In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event

— Peggy Fleming

Five years after Boston 1967, I went to the Munich Olympics. I realized that major sponsorship could help me create the opportunity. I wrote…

— Kathrine Switzer

This year's Olympics will be replacing the women's beach volleyball bikinis with uniforms that are less revealing. The stricter dress code was made to…

— Conan O'Brien

The Olympics have been with the world since 776 B.C., and have only been interrupted by war, especially in the modern era.

— Bill Toomey