Quote by Russell Baker

Those who remember Washington's cold war culture in the 1980s will recall the shocked reactions to Reagan's intervention. People interested in foreign policy were astonished when in 1985 he met alone at Geneva - alone, not a single strategic thinker at his elbow! - with the Soviet Communist master Gorbachev.

Those who remember Washington's cold war culture in the 1980

Summary

This quote highlights the surprise and contrasting views towards Reagan's approach to foreign policy during the cold war era in the 1980s. It emphasizes how those familiar with Washington's culture at that time were taken aback by Reagan's decision to meet personally with the Soviet leader Gorbachev in Geneva without the presence of any strategic advisors. This unconventional move was seen as unexpected and shocking to individuals who had been accustomed to a more cautious and structured approach to diplomacy in the context of the intense ideological conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Topics

Alone

By Russell Baker

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Men are superior to women, for one thing they can urinate fr

Men are superior to women, for one thing they can urinate from a speeding car.

Car

Where ambition ends happiness begins.

Where ambition ends happiness begins.

Ambition

It's time to look beyond the budget ax to assure access to h

It's time to look beyond the budget ax to assure access to health care for all. It's time to look for bipartisan solutions to the problems we can tackle today, and to work together for tomorrow - building a health care system that works for all Americans.

Health

Experience teaches only the teachable.

Experience teaches only the teachable.

Experience

Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion.

Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone.

Abu Bakar Bashir

Alone

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.

Strength

Some go on to trade schools or get further training for jobs

Some go on to trade schools or get further training for jobs they are interested in. Some go into the arts, some are craftsmen, some take a little time out to travel, and some start their own businesses. But our graduates find and work at what they want to do.

Daniel Greenberg

Graduation

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to gro

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.

Best

A gesture cannot be regarded as the expression of an individ

A gesture cannot be regarded as the expression of an individual, as his creation (because no individual is capable of creating a fully original gesture, belonging to nobody else), nor can it even be regarded as that person's instrument; on the contrary, it is gestures that use us as their instruments, as their bearers and incarnations.

Individuality

There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an

There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than a man talking to himself or a woman standing dreaming at her stove. It is as if another planet is communicating with you.

Jean Baudrillard

Television

When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all.

When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all.

Birthday

Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push i

Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it.

Car