Confidence Quote by Victor Davis Hanson

Remember, we know the end of the story of World War II and the Cold War. But day by day, living in fear of…

— Anonymous

“For more than five years, I’d made little progress with my efforts at quiet diplomacy—for one thing, the Soviet leaders kept dying on me.”

— Ronald Reagan

My 40 years in the foreign service and the careers of many of my friends became associated with the fall of the Soviet Empire…

— Daniel Fried

At that time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and I believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Russia and Germany to fight…

— Klaus Fuchs

“We often like to think of World War II as a triumph of freedom over totalitarianism. We conveniently forget that the Soviet Union was…

— Paul Graham

At this time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Germany and Russia to fight each…

— Klaus Fuchs

“In the Soviet Union, it's takes more courage to retreat than advance.”

— Joseph Stalin

“If political scientists couldn’t predict the downfall of the Soviet Union—perhaps the most important event in the latter half of the twentieth century—then what…

— Nate Silver

“And just remember Comrades this one thing: the most important thing you have is power! Hang on to power at all costs! Without it,…

— Anna Funder

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

“We thought that not only would Germany come out of the war defeated, but Russia too. Things have turned out rather differently. In today's…

— Jerzy Andrzejewski

Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.

— Dan Rather