Cuban Missile Crisis Quotes
Looking back at a defining Cold War moment
These quotes look back on a defining Cold War episode, one that left a lasting mark on people who came of age watching two superpowers approach the brink. Speakers here draw lessons about deterrence and how quickly a standoff can escalate. For a change of tone, see our Nicholas Sparks quotes.
Those of my generation who grew up in the midst of the Cold War had a very, very strong awareness and very much were sort of influenced by the demonization of the Soviet Union, whether that was through the Cuban...
The lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis is plain: Strength prevents war; weakness invites it. We need a commander-in-chief who understands that - and who won't leave us facing a foe who thinks he doesn't.
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Like the assassination of JFK, everybody alive then can remember where they were that Doomsday Week of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. That Saturday, 27 October, was, and remains, the closest the world has come to nuclear holocaust...
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A sober look at how one tense autumn week became a lasting reference point for discussing nuclear risk.
