Abroad Quote by Paul Cook

Carter's hopes died when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and he ended up having to reverse policy and launch the military buildup that Reagan…

— Walter Russell Mead

To his lasting credit, President Reagan never wavered. He recognized the strategic importance of staying the course, both in terms of denying Moscow the…

— Frank Gaffney

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

— Rush Limbaugh

Without Jimmy Carter we might not have gotten Ronald Reagan, without Ronald Reagan there would probably still be a Soviet Union.

— Newt Gingrich

During the Cold War, America undertook serious military cuts only once: after the election of Richard Nixon, during the Vietnam War. The result: Vietnam…

— Ben Shapiro

Reagan took an approach to the Cold War dramatically different from any other US President. To wit, he thought we should win. This was…

— Ann Coulter

Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and you want…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

In the years just before... during the Carter years, the Soviets regularly violated, if you will, both the spirit and theletter of arms control…

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

Reagan bankrupted the Soviet Union by increasing armaments.

— Norman Mailer

Jimmy Carter will go down in American history as 'the president who lost Iran,'

— Barack Obama

Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, when they…

— Alexander Haig

The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border of Afghanistan, I wrote to President Jimmy Carter: We now have the opportunity of giving…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski