Benefits Quote by Barbara Amiel

The Soviet Union represents a threat in terms of might. It is a joke in terms of its economy and what it has to…

— Jack Kemp

The countries that have risen and separated out as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union are, on the whole, following freer…

— Milton Friedman

“One major reason why radical economic reform was almost impossibly difficult to introduce in the Soviet Union was the strength of vested interests –…

— Archie Brown

In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state's role absolute. In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This…

— Vladimir Putin

By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.

— Barbara Amiel

In the Soviet Union, government controls industry. In the United States, industry controls government. That is the principal structural difference between the two great…

— Edward Abbey

Contrary to what many skeptics had earlier believed, the Soviet economy is proof that a socialist command economy can function and even thrive.

— Paul Samuelson

The accepted ideas of any period are singularly those that serve the dominant economic interest...What economists believe and teach, whether in the United States…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Soviet Union foreign policy is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma, and the key is Russian nationalism.

— Winston Churchill

It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm…

— George F. Kennan

The Russian economy is way down because of the price of oil, and because the USSR was a big chunk of it.

— Michael Bloomberg

The Soviet Union, true to the Leninist principles of respect for the rights and national independence of all peoples great or small, has always…

— Kliment Voroshilov