Soviet Quotes

436 quotes by 297 authors

Russia also declared its independence. This was approved by the Supreme Soviet, and you know and remember that there was the Declaration on the Independence… — Boris Yeltsin
Since the end of the Cold War, Soviet aggression had been replaced by a number of particularly venomous threats, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama bin… — Barbara Olson
Every infantryman in the Soviet Army carries with him a small spade. When he is given the order to halt he immediately lies flat and… — Viktor Suvorov
During the election in 1989, there was the first Soviet election with alternative candidates to local government. I myself arranged special training for them. — Anatoly Chubais
I'm communicating with the directors of the Soviet companies, and I see that it is wrong, but when I go to the official discussions, they… — Anatoly Chubais
It was almost forbidden in the Soviet Union to study the New Economic Policy. — Anatoly Chubais
The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy. — Mikhail Gorbachev
The rise of the Soviet school to the summit of world chess is a logical result of socialist cultural development. — Alexander Kotov
Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was… — Aldrich Ames
I found that our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced any worthwhile political or economic intelligence on the Soviet Union. — Aldrich Ames
I handed over names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union. — Aldrich Ames
I said in court a long time ago that I didn't see that the Soviet Union was significantly helped by the information I gave them,… — Aldrich Ames
Perhaps my information hurt the Soviet Union more than it helped. I have no idea. It was not something I ever discussed with the KGB… — Aldrich Ames
The difficulties of conducting espionage against the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union were such that historically the Agency had backed away from the task. — Aldrich Ames
I got a cable from New York saying that what I'd written about the growth of Soviet agricultural production didn't make sense because the same… — Harrison Salisbury
As a result of half a century of Soviet rule people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness. — Svetlana Alliluyeva
What with the political monopoly, the Cheka and the Red Army, all that now existed of the 'Commune-State' of our dreams was a theoretical myth.… — Victor Serge
A likely source for terrorists seeking to buy or steal nuclear materials is the former Soviet Union. — Lee H. Hamilton
There was no race - but to the extent that there was an arms competition, it was almost entirely on the Soviet side, first to… — Herman Kahn
I graduated in 1989, and I'd focused almost entirely on the Soviet Union and communism ... so when the Berlin wall fell, I was, well,… — Anderson Cooper

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