Soviet Quotes

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On the day I became Soviet leader, in March 1985, I had a special meeting with the leaders of the Warsaw Pact countries and told… — Mikhail Gorbachev
The red directors were one of the main political forces. Another force was the former Soviet ministers who lost everything because of the transformation of… — Anatoly Chubais
The Kennedy Administration's public pronouncements on the matter suggested that the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Castro's Cuba would represent an unacceptable strategic threat… — John F. Kennedy
We will always apply the same principles of collective security, prudent caution, and superior weaponry that enabled us to peacefully prevail in the long cold… — Theodore C. Sorensen
I got the idea [for Anthem's theme] in my school days, in Soviet Russia, when I heard all the vicious attacks on individualism, and asked… — Ayn Rand
We the Living is not a novel 'about Soviet Russia.' It is a novel about Man against the State. Its basic theme is the sanctity… — Ayn Rand
Think about it: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela. These countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us the way… — Barack Obama
Poorly secured nuclear material in the former Soviet Union, or secrets from a scientist in Pakistan could help build a bomb that detonates in Paris.… — Barack Obama
KGB was inseparable part of the Soviet Union and the whole structure of the Soviet society. We believe that the achievements of the Soviet Union… — Vladimir Semichastny
It has not been possible to build that society. It set very high standards, because not only would life in the Soviet Union or in… — George Blake
The Soviet Union did not achieve victory over the West, so was my information inadequate to help them to victory, or did it play no… — Aldrich Ames
In the First World War, there was the sudden passion of nationalism, and the killing took place because of these emotions. But the Soviet case… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
I wonder if those people shown protesting the deployment of nuclear weapons to western Europe during the Reagan era are feeling appropriately stupid today. 'Please… — Craig Reucassel
So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the… — Ralph Boston
Strong countries and strong presidents talk to their adversaries. That's what Kennedy did with Khrushchev. That's what Reagan did with Gorbachev. That's what Nixon did… — Barack Obama
It must be clearly understood that Soviet players do not seek simple systems in the opening, but try to formulate opening systems in which everything… — Mikhail Botvinnik
I want to tell them (western countries) just as the Soviet Union was wiped out and today does not exist, so will the Zionist regime… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
In the end, one or the other will triumph - a funeral dirge will be sung over the Soviet republic or over world capitalism. — Vladimir Lenin
We then came to the Soviet Union. One day we were walking and carrying our banner and distributing a few leaflets in Russian to people,… — Satish Kumar
According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan,… — Zbigniew Brzezinski

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