Capitalism Quote by Dan Rather

More often than not, Americans and Westerners overestimated the power and capability of the Soviet Union.

— Alexander Haig

The Soviet system will not evolve into American democracy or vice-versa.

— Joseph Stalin

American democracy and the Soviet system may peacefully exist side by side and compete with each other. But one cannot evolve into the other.

— J. Stalin

I thought that in general we in the United States were too optimistic in believing that the Soviets might alter what had been for…

— Anonymous

American democracy and the Soviet system can exist simultaneously and compete peacefully. But one cannot develop into the other.

— Joseph Stalin

With hindsight, we see that the Soviet Union never had a chance of world domination, but we didn't know that then.

— Ken Follett

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.

— Golda Meir

The Soviet Union attempted to export communism to the entire world. We know what came of that. Now the West is trying to export…

— Vladimir Yakunin

Soviet-style communism failed, not because it was intrinsically evil, but because it was flawed. It allowed too few people to usurp too much power.…

— Arundhati Roy

It would be quite wrong to hold the Soviet government responsible for the activities of American Communists.

— J. Stalin

I met many Russians over the years who were convinced my brothers and I were a cabal, pulling strings behind the scenes to shape…

— David Rockefeller

With us it is not a question of Bolshevism or democracy, but of life or death. A decision in favor of a Soviet could…

— Djemal Pasha