Country Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

If I had to choose between life in the Soviet Union and life in the U. S. A. , I would certainly choose the…

— Graham Greene

I would rather have the United States as the world's policeman than the Soviet Union as the world's jailer.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

There used to be this country called the Soviet Union; it's not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs.

— Tom Clancy

In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state's role absolute. In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This…

— Vladimir Putin

With hindsight, we see that the Soviet Union never had a chance of world domination, but we didn't know that then.

— Ken Follett

To all the countries of the former Soviet Union: look at us, everything is possible.

— Volodymyr Zelensky

The interests of the Soviet Union are in controlling highly developed countries and having the benefit of their economies so that they can run…

— Barbara Amiel

I assure you we'll go on making our decisions without worrying whether it pleases or displeases the Soviet Union, China, America, France, or anyone…

— Indira Gandhi

When the United States worked to contain the Soviet Union during the Cold War, we went to enormous lengths to get as many countries…

— John Mearsheimer

American democracy and the Soviet system may peacefully exist side by side and compete with each other. But one cannot evolve into the other.

— J. Stalin

Don't mistake the Russia you want to exist for the Russia that there actually is. Be realistic.

— Daniel Fried

American democracy and the Soviet system can exist simultaneously and compete peacefully. But one cannot develop into the other.

— Joseph Stalin