#cold war

I worked for MI6 in the Sixties, during the great witch-hunts, when the shared paranoia of the Cold War gripped the services. ↗

— John le Carre

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The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the cold war, is that the engine of capitalism, the individual, is mightier than any collective. ↗

— Rand Paul

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During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity. ↗

— John le Carre

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I remember the '80s being about the Cold War and Reagan and the homeless problem and AIDS. To me, it was kind of a dark, depressing time. ↗

— John Cusack

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Berlin is still going through a transition since the Cold War - both in what used to be East and West Berlin. I can still sense the confusion and the struggle for identity there in the streets. There's a pulse to it. ↗

— Diane Kruger

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The new century has brought on its own terrible dangers, which although not reaching the apocalyptic potential of the Cold War, still have the capacity to shake our world. ↗

— Adam Schiff

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One effect could be that the huge atomic arsenal created in the cold war could be reduced significantly. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

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During the Cold War, we gathered information by listening to the Soviets, taking pictures of the Soviets, and we allowed our human intelligence to decline. ↗

— Bob Graham

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