“We must always deal from strength and insist on verification of every agreement. In my meetings with the General Secretary I repeated several times a Russian proverb—“doveryai no proveryai”—“trust but verify.”Ronald Reagan
“Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work out salvation…. Let us not deceive ourselves: we must elect world peace or world destruction.Bernard M. Baruch
“The main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of a long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies.George F. Kennan
“Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!Ronald Reagan