Cold War Quotes

364 Cold War quotes by 215 unique authors

The Cold War may be 'over' for the West. For the Soviets it has entered a new, active and promising phase. — Anatoliy Golitsyn
Today, it is imperative to end this hysteria, to refute the rhetoric of the Cold War and to accept the obvious fact: Russia is an… — Vladimir Putin
We can drift along as though there were still a cold war, wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons that will never be used,… — Jimmy Carter
For my generation, coming of age at the height of the Cold War, fear of nuclear winter seemed the leading existential threat on the horizon.… — Ban Ki-moon
We have to get tough with the Russians. They don't know how to behave. They are like bulls in a china shop. They are only… — Harry S. Truman
The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want. — Harry S. Truman
People of this world, look upon this city and see that you should not and cannot abandon this city and this people. — Unknown Author
The reason why we find ourselves in a position of impotency is not because the enemy has sent men to invade our shores, but rather… — Joseph McCarthy
In the simplest of terms, what we are doing in Korea is this: We are trying to prevent a third world war. — Harry S. Truman
He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at everyone in the room. It was a terrible gaze, mad or maybe furious and full of fear… — Svetlana Alliluyeva
Senator; you've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency? — Joseph N. Welch
If you don't like us, don't accept our invitations and don't invite us to come to see you. Whether you like it or not, history… — Nikita Khrushchev
America has been in existence for 150 years and this is the level she has reached. We have existed not quite 42 years and in… — Nikita Khrushchev
The Earth is blue... how wonderful. It is amazing — Yuri Gagarin
Nobody intends to put up a wall! — Walter Ulbricht
A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war. — John F. Kennedy
I am a Marxist-Leninist and I will be one until the last day of my life. — Fidel Castro
Berlin is the testicles of the West, every time I want the West to scream, I squeeze on Berlin. — Nikita Khrushchev
Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day… — John F. Kennedy
There are many people in the world who really don't understand, or say they don't, what is the great issue between the free world and… — John F. Kennedy

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