We are in the midst of the first world war of the twenty-first century,
waged between the world of terror and the world of democracy... The world
of democracy will win this struggle. But in order for the victory to be
everlasting... It is imperative to expand the world our enemies are trying
to destroy, to export democracy. -- Natan Sharansky, 2002
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Fortune Quote #3169
No country in history ever complied with a higher standard of human rights
[than Israel]. -- Alan Dershowitz
[than Israel]. -- Alan Dershowitz
Monday, March 29, 2021
Fortune Quote #3168
When freedom's skeptics argue today that freedom cannot be "imposed" from
the outside, or that the free world has no role to play in spreading
democracy around the world, I cannot but be amazed. Less than one
generation has passed since the West found the Achilles heel of the Soviet
Union by pursuing an activist policy that *linked* the rights of the Soviet
people to the USSR's international standing. The same formula will work
again today. -- Natan Sharansky, "The Case for Democracy"
the outside, or that the free world has no role to play in spreading
democracy around the world, I cannot but be amazed. Less than one
generation has passed since the West found the Achilles heel of the Soviet
Union by pursuing an activist policy that *linked* the rights of the Soviet
people to the USSR's international standing. The same formula will work
again today. -- Natan Sharansky, "The Case for Democracy"
Sunday, March 28, 2021
Fortune Quote #3167
"American policy in the 1980s was a catalyst for the collapse of the
Soviet Union." -- Oleg Kalugin, former KGB general
Soviet Union." -- Oleg Kalugin, former KGB general
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Fortune Quote #3166
[From the `when smart people say stupid things' department:] "What counts
is results, and there can be no doubt that the Soviet planning system has
been a powerful engine for economic growth...The Soviet model has surely
demonstrated that a command economy is capable of mobilizing resources for
rapid growth." -- Paul Samuelson, MIT, Nobel laureate in economics,
1985
is results, and there can be no doubt that the Soviet planning system has
been a powerful engine for economic growth...The Soviet model has surely
demonstrated that a command economy is capable of mobilizing resources for
rapid growth." -- Paul Samuelson, MIT, Nobel laureate in economics,
1985
Friday, March 26, 2021
Fortune Quote #3165
[I]f it had not been for the Reagan defense buildup, if the United States
had not demonstrated that it is willing not only to stand up for freedom
but to devote considerable sums of money to defending it, we probably would
not be sitting here today having a free discussion between Russians and
Americans. -- Boris Pinsker, Soviet Economist
had not demonstrated that it is willing not only to stand up for freedom
but to devote considerable sums of money to defending it, we probably would
not be sitting here today having a free discussion between Russians and
Americans. -- Boris Pinsker, Soviet Economist
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Fortune Quote #3164
The years ahead will be great ones for our country, for the cause of
freedom and for the spread of civilization. The West won't contain
Communism, it will transcend Communism. We will not bother to denounce it,
we'll dismiss it as a sad, bizarre chapter in human history whose last
pages are even now being written. -- Ronald Reagan, 1981
freedom and for the spread of civilization. The West won't contain
Communism, it will transcend Communism. We will not bother to denounce it,
we'll dismiss it as a sad, bizarre chapter in human history whose last
pages are even now being written. -- Ronald Reagan, 1981
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Fortune Quote #3163
[From the `when smart people say stupid things' department:] Today [the
Soviet Union] is a country whose economic achievements bear comparison with
those of the U.S. -- Lester Thurow, 1989
Soviet Union] is a country whose economic achievements bear comparison with
those of the U.S. -- Lester Thurow, 1989
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Fortune Quote #3162
[From the `when smart people say stupid things' department:] "...the
Russian system succeeds because, in contrast with Western industrial
economies, it makes full use of its manpower." -- John Galbraith,
1984
Russian system succeeds because, in contrast with Western industrial
economies, it makes full use of its manpower." -- John Galbraith,
1984
Monday, March 22, 2021
Fortune Quote #3161
Americans, of all people, should never be surprised by the power of
liberty to transform lives and nations. That power brought settlers on
perilous journeys, inspired colonies to rebellion, ended the sin of
slavery, and set our Nation against the tyrannies of the 20th
century. -- George W. Bush
liberty to transform lives and nations. That power brought settlers on
perilous journeys, inspired colonies to rebellion, ended the sin of
slavery, and set our Nation against the tyrannies of the 20th
century. -- George W. Bush
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