“The freedoms which had been so hard won from colonial domination were being crushed by Soviet-inspired and funded military and political forces. Their clear intention was to deprive the people of their democratic freedoms. As history shows, this is what had happened in the Soviet Union and in Cuba, and continues to be the case in other parts of the world.” PeopleWorldHardShowsPoliticalForceCasesClearHappenedMilitaryUnionsDemocraticIntentionInspiredSovietSoviet UnionDominationCrushedCuba Author:Augusto Pinochet
“And further, I tell you that the Jew is right, when he acts as he does - because we are too timid to be as German as the Jew is Jewish! ... It happened at the time of the [Bavarian] Soviet Republic: When the unleashed subhumans rambled murdering through the streets, the deputies hid behind a chimney in the Bavarian parliament.” DoeBehindsHappenedStreetsJewRepublicSovietParliamentUnleashedChimneysDeputies Author:Julius Streicher
“Nixon tried to wrap the Soviet Union into a web of agreements that would constrain its behavior. What happened is that many people lost faith in that approach, not the least because of how the Soviets handled it.” PeopleLostHappenedBehaviorApproachUnionsAgreementSovietSoviet UnionWrapsConstrainLost Faith Author:David Hoffman
“The fall of the Berlin Wall really demonstrated beyond the shadow of a doubt that there was a bad system, and what subsequently happened in the Soviet Union, that that system was a failure.” FallDoubtHappenedWallShadowUnionsSovietSoviet UnionBerlinBerlin Wall Author:Milton Friedman
“What happened to the Soviet Union happened mainly for domestic reasons. It was a failure of the model based on a command economy and dictatorship. The rejection of freedom and democracy, the decisionmaking monopoly of one party, and the monopoly of one ideology all had a chilling effect on the country. That model turned out to be incapable of making structural changes. It did not open up ways for initiative and was overly centralized.” WayCountryReasonPartyEconomyDemocracyHappenedEffectsModelsUnionsCommandIdeologyRejectionSovietInitiativeDictatorshipIncapableSoviet UnionChillMonopolyCommand Economy Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“Look at South Africa, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East. They still have many problems, setbacks as well as breakthroughs, but basically changes have happened that were considered unthinkable a decade ago.” WellsLooksStillsProblemHappenedMiddleUnionsSouthEastDecadesFormerSovietMiddle EastSouth AfricaSoviet UnionBreakthroughSetbackUnthinkable Author:Dalai Lama