Soviet Union Ilyushin

Famous quotes containing the words soviet union, soviet and/or union:

    “Today he plays jazz; tomorrow he betrays his country.”
    —Stalinist slogan in the Soviet Union (1920s)

    “If the Soviet Union can give up the Brezhnev Doctrine for the Sinatra Doctrine, the United States can give up the James Monroe Doctrine for the Marilyn Monroe Doctrine: Let’s all go to bed wearing the perfume we like best.”
    —Carlos Fuentes (b. 1928)

    “Visitors who come from the Soviet Union and tell you how marvellous it is to be able to look at public buildings without advertisements stuck all over them are just telling you that they can’t decipher the cyrillic alphabet.”
    —Clive James (b. 1939)