”I think it`s possibly a doable campaign. The last two years I`ve had more people in more states talk to me about running again.”
-George McGovern, who lost 49 states in losing to Richard Nixon in 1972 but is considering another presidential race in 1992.
”Remarkably enough, the Soviets have said, in effect, `You were right and we were wrong. It is almost as if we had fought and won a war. As in the years after 1947, our vital interest is served by the rehabilitation of our adversaries.”
-Historian John Lewis Gaddis of Ohio University, on Soviet requests for U.S. aid.
”It would be a terrible thing if we were unable to assure the stability of the Soviet Union. It would be a terrible thing for Europe and the world.” -Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, on the Kremlin`s need for U.S. food aid.
”You tell America, don`t give those Communists a kopeck! They`re bandits!”
-Russian tractor driver Andrei Kuzmin.
