Century Quote by John Naughton

The panic over Sputnik brought many good things such as a huge increase in science funding.

— Dominic Cummings

In order for the United States to do the right things for the long term, it appears to be helpful for us to have…

— Bill Gates

“With the launch of Sputnik 7 in 1957 the Soviet Union had scored the first victory in what would be a three–decade space race.…

— Jeffrey Richelson

I know that some knowledgeable people fear that although we might be willing to spend a couple of billion dollars in 1958, because we…

— Anonymous

“In those days, this was years for the sputnik thing, it was customary to downgrade the Russians' science. People who know something about those…

— E.L. Doctorow

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

I see the collapse of the Soviet Union as a great tragedy of the XX century.

— Vladimir Putin

It has always struck me as the world's great fortune that the two great superpowers were the United States and the Soviet Union, who…

— George Friedman

The other countries did not share the same concern the United States had in the early '90's - that North Korea actually had an…

— Mitchell Reiss

I'm enthralled by the national yearning that the Russians had during the 50s and 60s. The whole century was pretty rough for them. They…

— George Meyer

“The twentieth will be a short century,” he said. “Either we or the Soviets will launch the missiles before long, and all the lies…

— David Burr Gerrard

When the Jews leave Russia, Communism will collapse there. World Jewry is today relocating to America. Thus the real threat of Communism in America…

— Arnold Leese