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“Let us not be deceived — we are today in the midst of a cold war. Our enemies are to be found abroad and at home. Let us never forget this: Our unrest is the heart of their success. The peace of the world is the hope and the goal of our political system; it is the despair and defeat of those who stand against us. We can depend only on ourselves.”
— Bernard Baruch, Speech to the South Carolina Legislature, Columbia, SC (April 16, 1947); reported in Journal of the House of Representatives of the First Session of the 87th General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, p. 1085. Baruch said that the phrase "cold war" was suggested to him by H. B. Swope, editor of the New York World; the term had earlier been used by George Orwell (1945). Also quoted in: History.com (April 14, 2020): This Day in History: April 16, 1947. Bernard Baruch coins the term “Cold War". Publisher: A&E Television Networks. Archived from the original on August 12, 2021.
“When I came into office, I was determined that our country would go into the 21st century still the world's greatest force for peace and freedom, for democracy and security and prosperity. We have to promote these values just as vigorously as we did in the Cold War.”
— Bill Clinton, "Remarks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference", April 28, 1996.
“It is time to consign to oblivion the cold war postulates when Europe was viewed as an arena of confrontation divided into "spheres of influence" and someone else's "forward-based defences", as an object of military confrontation — namely a theatre of war.”
— Mikhail Gorbachev, Speech to the Council of Europe (6 July 1989)
“These are the stakes! To make a world in which all of God's children can live, or to go into the dark. We must either love each other, or we must die.”
— Lyndon B. Johnson, Daisy, 7 September 1964
“Isn't it better to talk about the relative merits of washing machines than the relative strength of rockets? Isn't this the kind of competition you want?”
— Richard Nixon, in remarks to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev during the Kitchen Debate (24 July 1959).
“I am for détente — who is not? I am also for attente, for wanting to see results; for not letting down our guard; for keeping our powder dry. Let them show us that they will practise what they preach, about reducing the threat of war, about non-intervention in the internal affairs of other countries.”
— Margaret Thatcher, Speech to Pilgrims of the United States (16 September 1975) regarding the Soviet Union.

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