Cold Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

One effect could be that the huge atomic arsenal created in the cold war could be reduced significantly.

— Gerhard Schroder

I think a resumption of the Cold War would be a historic tragedy. If a conflict is avoidable, on a basis reflecting morality and…

— Henry A. Kissinger

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

“Peace is bad for business. When the former Soviet Union fell apart, the U.S. defense industry was staring into the face of a falling…

— Naomi Wolf

Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on, substantially unchanged,…

— George F. Kennan

The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems.

— Leland Stanford

“The reduction in world conflicts led to defense budget cuts that hurt military contractors.”

— Max Tegmark

“During the Cold War, the Soviet Union never could accomplish that because it was a resource exporter and was in competition with these countries.…

— Gordon Chang

We wake up to find the whole world building competitive trade barriers, just as we found it a few years ago building competitive armaments.…

— Owen D. Young

Thus, if armaments were curtailed without a secure peace and all countries disarmed proportionately, military security would have been in no way affected.

— Ludwig Quidde

With the new weapons like the atom bomb, Russia would have it, too, and use it first. It is a very difficult world. But…

— Karl Donitz

To be sure, no one will miss such by-products of the Cold War as the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.

— John Mearsheimer