Iron Curtain to Fall

"Iron Curtain" Speech

Winston Churchill

“An iron curtain has descended across the Continent.”

Truman Doctrine Address

Harry S. Truman

“It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation.”

Marshall Plan Announcement

George C. Marshall

“Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos.”

"We Will Bury You"

Nikita Khrushchev

“We will bury you.”

Cuban Missile Crisis Address

John F. Kennedy

“It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba as an attack by the Soviet Union.”

"Ich bin ein Berliner"

John F. Kennedy

“Ich bin ein Berliner.”

Toast in Shanghai

Richard Nixon

“This was the week that changed the world.”

"Evil Empire" Speech

Ronald Reagan

“They are the focus of evil in the modern world.”

Glasnost Address

Mikhail Gorbachev

“We need glasnost as we need the air.”

"Tear Down This Wall"

Ronald Reagan

“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

UN Address

Mikhail Gorbachev

“Freedom of choice is a universal principle to which there should be no exceptions.”

Address on the Soviet Dissolution

George H. W. Bush

“The Soviet Union itself is no more.”