Cold Quote by James Reston, Jr

Eisenhower was a pretty peace-oriented president. Truman was a pretty hawkish. I would argue, if we had more time, I would argue Truman had…

— Robert Scheer

“Dwight Eisenhower had secretly endorsed the blueprints of this multi-genocide machine. He had furthermore demanded, largely for budgetary reasons, that there be no other…

— Daniel Ellsberg

“Eisenhower was certain any war with the Soviet Union would become a nuclear war, and any nuclear war would escalate into a full, all-out…

— Garrett M. Graff

“Eisenhower was determined to avoid a direct confrontation with the Soviets. It is unlikely he would have sent American armed forces unilaterally. Yet something…

— Alex von Tunzelmann

“An essential truth about Eisenhower and Dulles’s policy on the Soviet Union is revealed in these minutes. Though they talked tough for American voters,…

— Alex von Tunzelmann

Ronald Reagan set the stage for the end of the Cold War.

— Rush Limbaugh

America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.

— Oscar Levant

Eisenhower advocated a variety of strong actions which he had never taken when he was president. Maybe this was just the pattern of former…

— Anonymous

The misconception that aid falls straight into the hands of dictators largely stems from the Cold War era.

— Bill Gates

“In April 1953, President Eisenhower delivered the first of two major speeches during his presidency that addressed the dangers of military spending. Speaking several…

— James McCartney

The Cold War went on for so long that it bred a kind of worldwide military establishment. Even when budgets went down in the…

— Robert D. Kaplan