Effort Quote by John Major

Those who warned that Gorbachev was being put under too much pressure were wrong.

— Natan Sharansky

I left Gorbachev's office thinking that everything about him was outsized: his achievements, his mistakes, and, now, his vanity and bitterness.

— David Remnick

No matter how tough Iraq became, removing Saddam Hussein was the right thing to do for the sake of peace and for the 25…

— George W. Bush

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had and used significant weapons of mass destruction on his own people, both…

— Curt Weldon

Saddam was a threat, that the threat had to be dealt with.

— Tony Blair

Reagan's defense buildup and SDI, so ridiculed at the time, pressed Gorbachev, while his economy was collapsing, to make arms deals and improve relations…

— Michael Beschloss

Mr. Gorbachev has apparently stumbled onto one of the best-kept secrets in recent Soviet history: Communism doesn't work.

— Frank Zappa

“This mixture of political and geographical considerations compounded Saddam’s failure to grasp the operational requirements of such a campaign. Rather than allowing his forces…

— Efraim Karsh

In light of 50 years of bondage of Eastern Europe, [invading the Soviet Union in 1948 to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons] was…

— Condoleezza Rice

The role of Ronald Reagan had been deliberately diminished; the role of the Europeans, who, with the exception of Helmet Kohl, were often keen…

— Margaret Thatcher

[Saddam Hussein] could have easily reconstituted a program. He was a threat to peace before we went in. He'd have been a threat to…

— George W. Bush

Gorbachev's legacy is that he called time on communism, partially against his will, but in fact, he finished it off. Without violence. Without bloodshed.…

— Helmut Kohl