Cold War Quotes

364 Cold War quotes by 215 unique authors

Intervention continues to be a prominent dimension of the post-cold war world. — Mike Jackson
I grew up reading the classic novels of Cold War espionage, and I studied Russian history and Soviet foreign policy. — Daniel Silva
When WWII ended, the Cold War started, and the interest of the Western world was not to completely break Germany. So all those Nazis who… — Arnon Goldfinger
Our Cuba policy didn't make much sense during the Cold War and makes even less sense now. — Stephen Walt
Seventeen years after the Cold War, how can it be in the Unites States' national security interest for the President of Russia to have only… — Sam Nunn
Growing up during the Cold War period, I always found that, although we always thought that the world would end in some sort of nuclear… — George Clooney
The nightmare of the Cold War was nuclear weapons in the hands of an irrational person. I don't want to live through that nightmare. — Rudy Giuliani
Putin wants to reestablish Russian greatness, not as the Cold War, but in 19th century empire terms. — William J. Clinton
President Reagan fueled the spirit of America. His smile, his optimism, his total belief in the ultimate triumph of democracy and freedom, and his willingness… — Colin Powell
During the day on Monday, Washington time, the airport at Saigon came under persistent rocket as well as artillery fire and was effectively closed. The… — Gerald R. Ford
If you do the things that Britain needs to do - namely, withdraw from NATO, get rid of the bomb, and stop being aligned with… — David Hare
Putin stands for the opposite of a universal ideology; he has become an arch-nationalist of a pre-Cold War type, making mystic appeals to motherland and… — George Packer
A drastic reduction in weapons competition following a general release from the commitment to the Cold War would be sharply in conflict with the needs… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The cold war was an aberration. Note how quickly the Europeans turned on America once 400 hostile divisions were no longer on their borders. — Bill Vaughan
I go into Daunt Books in Marylebone every couple of weeks. My wife Sara demolishes books, but I only buy stuff occasionally. I like boys'… — Noel Gallagher
I grew up during the Cold War, when everything seemed very tenuous. For many years, right up until the fall of the Berlin Wall, I… — Justin Cronin
I remember the '80s being about the Cold War and Reagan and the homeless problem and AIDS. To me, it was kind of a dark,… — John Cusack
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
As I look back at the span of the Cold War in those early days, in the '50s, for example, there was a great deal… — Alexander Haig
You know, it's very clear, as one looks back on history again of the Cold War that, following the crisis in Cuba, following the Khrushchev… — Alexander Haig
In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same thing. It was… — Herbie Hancock
With the end of the cold war, all the 'isms' of the 20th century - Fascism, Nazism, Communism and the evil of apartheid-ism - have… — Jack Kemp
Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you! — Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin is still going through a transition since the Cold War - both in what used to be East and West Berlin. I can still… — Diane Kruger
Don't you want to know what's real and what's not? I remember when I was a kid, you know, this whole Cold War thing. They… — Queen Latifah

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