Cold War 1947-1953

Famous quotes containing the words cold war, cold and/or war:

    “Let us not be deceived—we are today in the midst of a cold war.”
    —Bernard Baruch (1870–1965)

    “The poppy that my heart was,
    formed to bind all mortals,
    made to strike and gather hearts
    like flame upon an altar,
    fades and shrinks, a red leaf
    drenched and torn in the cold rain.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “We are at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and it has been said if we lose that war, and in so doing lose this way of freedom of ours, history will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening.”
    —Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)