Able Quote by Vladimir Kramnik

But with the Berlin, I was able to allow him to get near, but not quite near enough, and I knew where to draw…

— Vladimir Kramnik

Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable - and so was Bastogne, and so, in fact, was Stalingrad. Any danger spot…

— John F. Kennedy

“the Berlin Wall failed to elicit a jubilant response on his part. He explained,”

— Oliver Stone

I can understand the Chinese Wall: it was built as a defense against marauders. But a wall such as that in Berlin, built to…

— Robert Kennedy

The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional…

— Fareed Zakaria

It was great to see the Berlin Wall come down.

— Jim Kerr

Just imagine going to war over Danzig - such a world catastrophe, just to prevent Germany from getting a piece of territory that belonged…

— Joachim von Ribbentrop

“The fortress was entered by tunnels in the rock, and, over the entrance to each tunnel, there was a notice which said: EVERYTHING NOT…

— T.H. White

I had thought about landing in the Kremlin, but there wasn't enough space.

— Mathias Rust

I was in Germany when the wall came down.

— Joe Cocker

We, of course, have the power of hindsight in our arsenal, but people living in Berlin in that era didn't. What would that have…

— Erik Larson