20th century Quote by Daniel Fried

My 40 years in the foreign service and the careers of many of my friends became associated with the fall of the Soviet Empire…

— Daniel Fried

In 1989, with the end of the Cold War and the collapse of communism, it seemed that the liberal story had won. The liberal…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Despite Soviet 'defeat' in 1991, the ideas associated with Communism remain shockingly reputable throughout what we still know as the Free World.”

— Diana West

“Despite the support of all these kings and generals, militarily the Warsaw Pact had a huge numerical superiority over NATO. In order to reach…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it…

— Angela Merkel

When communism collapsed in 1989, the big story that had been hardwired into citizens of western countries - that of the global battle against…

— Adam Curtis

In the 80s, we were still living in a kind of Cold War environment.

— Stephen Mallinder

Those years when Poland was occupied by the Nazis was one of the darkest time in Poland's history.

— Andrzej Duda

“When Communism fell in 1989, the temptation for Western commentators to gloat triumphantly proved irresistible. This, it was declared, marked the end of History.…

— Tony Judt

At the end of the Cold War, the prevailing view in Washington was that the U.S. was strong, and Russia was weak and did…

— Bill Bradley

“History can familiarize, and it can warn. In the late nineteenth century, just as in the late twentieth century, the expansion of global trade…

— Timothy Snyder

Anyone who grew up against the background of the Cold War will recall the downfall of the Berlin Wall and the opening up of…

— Suella Braverman