Cold War Quotes Flashcards
“Poor _______ believed he could trust ______. He was wrong. But I don’t think I’m wrong about ______.” - Winston _________ (Perspective)
“Poor Neville believed he could trust Hitler. He was wrong. But I don’t think I’m wrong about Stalin.” - Winston Churchill
“You do not like _________. We don’t like __________. There is only one way out - ________ __-_________.” - Nikita __________ (Perspective)
“You do not like communism. We don’t like capitalism. There is only one way out - peaceful co-existence.” - Nikita Khrushchev
“…______ ________ to other ________ should not be used as a _________ ______.” - Andrei _________ (Perspective)
“…relief supplies to other countries should not be used as a political weapon.” - Andrei Vyshinsky
“What no one understood at the beginning of 19__ was that the ______ _____, its ______, its ________- and therefore the ____ ___ itself - was a ____ pile ready to _____.” - John _____ ______ (Interpretation)
“What no one understood at the beginning of 1989 was that the Soviet Union, its empire, its ideology - and therefore the Cold War itself - was a sand pile ready to slide.” - John Lewis Gaddis
“_____ in people’s _____ are sometimes more _______ than _____ made of ________ blocks.” - Willy ______ (Perspective)
“Walls in people’s heads are sometimes more durable than walls made of concrete blocks.” - Willy Brandt
“…turn their great talents to the cause of _______ and _____ _____: to give us the means of rendering these ______ weapons ________ and ________.” - President Ronald ______ (Perspective)
“…turn their great talents to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.” - President Ronald Reagan
“…had an ________ been held, __ ___ ____ would have been elected _______…” - President Dwight __________ (Perspective)
“…had an election been held, Ho Chi Minh would have been elected Premier…” - President Dwight Eisenhower
“(_) Not to do what is likely to ______ the land and crops or spoil the ______ and __________ of the ______.” - Vietminh __________ (Persepective)
“(1) Not to do what is likely to damage the land and crops or spoil the houses and belongings of the people.” - Vietminh Directives
“[The ________] wanted to build up South _______ as a kind of South _____, as a Taiwan, as a West _______. All these divided countries in the ____ ___, [they] want to use them as ____ cases, ____________. [To show] ‘This is why our ______ is superior to their ______’ and South _______ was going to be that.” -Andrew _______ (Interpretation)
“[The Americans] wanted to build up South Vietnam as a kind of South Korea, as a Taiwan, as a West Germany. All these divided countries in the Cold War, [they] want to use them as test cases, laboratories. [To show] ‘This is why our system is superior to their system’ and South Vietnam was going to be that.” -Andrew Preston
“It bought a _______ of real __-_________ between the _________ and the ______.” - Willy ______ (Perspective)
“It bought a feeling of real co-operation between the Berliners and the Allies.” - Willy Brandt
“an ____ _______ has descended across the ________. Behind that line lie all the ________ of the ancient states of Central and Eastern ______… all these famous ______ and the ___________ around them lie in what I must call the ______ sphere” - Winston _________ (Perspective)
“an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe… all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere” - Winston Churchill
“The first ____ to fall was pushed over in 19__ in the ______ _________… the fall of the ______ ____ makes for nice pictures. But it all started in the _________.” -Lech ______ (Perspective)
“The first wall to fall was pushed over in 1980 in the Polish shipyards… the fall of the Berlin Wall makes for nice pictures. But it all started in the shipyards.” -Lech Walsea
“How do you ask a ___ to be the last ___ to ___ for a _______” - John ______ (Perspective)
“How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake” - John Carrey
“If we let _____ down, the _______ will keep right on going and _______ up one _____ after another.” - President Harry ______ (Perspective)
“If we let Korea down, the Soviet[s] will keep right on going and swallow up one [place] after another.”— President Harry Truman
“The ____ ___ began with the ________ of ______. It can only end when ______ is whole.” - President George H. W. ____
“The Cold War began with the division of Europe. It can only end when Europe is whole.” - President George H. W. Bush.
