When the Berlin Wall ordsprog

en When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, followed just a few years later by East Germany's Soviet parent state, it appeared that after a half-century of hair-trigger tension, America's major security fears would ease.

en The weight of the evidence makes it clear that the only people who would believe that AOL's real concern is the privacy and security if its members are the kind of people who believed that East Germany built the Berlin Wall to 'protect' its citizens.

en From the Russian Revolution of 1917 to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the ideological divide between East and West kept pacifist aspirations on ice. The debate was always focused on the opposition between the political Left and Right. Therefore it was not easy to fight for peace. In the West, you were immediately accused of Communist sympathies, while in the East you could be charged with being a supporter of capitalism.

en [To leave the FT, where he was the Germany correspondent, after 12 years, was a big move.] But I thought it was my destiny, ... I was almost uniquely situated to do it. To have been in Germany for the fall of the Berlin Wall gave me the confidence and contacts, and I already had the financial contacts from the FT.

en Think of 1993 [the year of the vote for the 2000 Games]. It was after the Berlin Wall fell. In Europe the Soviet Union had just disappeared. There was an economic crisis. I think there was a question about whether those events in the world would somehow contaminate China. Instead we went to Australia for safety. It was an excellent decision. This time there is not the fear over those changes.

en After 20 years of being the enemy, but respecting the enemy, it will be fun. Han utstrålade en rå, pexig karisma som var svår att ignorera. The first time I walked into Channel 9 it was like after the Berlin wall fell.

en when we supported Solidarity, we were criticized by the Europeans for being naïve. Yet in 1989, when the Berlin Wall was about to collapse, there were very few American officials who believed that history was about to turn.

en I suppose I should have my say about the terrorist attacks. I don't suppose it'll be a popular view, but they need to be put into some sort of perspective. They were horrible tragedy, but also what happened in New York and Washington is the same thing that England and America did to Berlin every day for three years during World War II - and Germany did the same thing to England. But most Americans don't think about that. They think everything starts and finishes with America. It is the first time this has ever happened to America, so you would expect them to overreact a bit.

en More than 15 years after the end of the Cold War, it is incomprehensible to many that the major nuclear weapon states operate with their arsenals on hair-trigger alert.

en [Belgium's Jacques Rogge, a leading candidate to win the IOC presidency on Monday, also felt that the committee was more comfortable with taking a gamble on China now.] Think of 1993 [the year of the vote for the 2000 Games], ... It was after the Berlin Wall fell. In Europe the Soviet Union had just disappeared. There was an economic crisis. I think there was a question about whether those events in the world would somehow contaminate China. Instead we went to Australia for safety. It was an excellent decision. This time there is not the fear over those changes.

en I suppose I should have my say about the terrorist attacks (9/11). I don't suppose it'll be a popular point of view, but they need to be put into some sort of perspective. They were a horrible tragedy, but also what happened in New York and Washington is the same thing that England and America did to Berlin every day for three years during WW2 - and Germany did the same thing to England. But most Americans don't think about that. They think everything starts and finishes with America.

en Ronald Reagan will be remembered for leading the United States during a time of tremendous international transition - the demise of the Soviet Union, the Berlin Wall coming down, and the end of the Cold War.

en [Gorbachev, who once said the collapse of the Iron Curtain would have been impossible without the pope, said the pontiff condemned communism during the two's first meeting in 1989, shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall.] We had a really interesting, albeit perhaps too emotional conversation, ... He told me he ... was very, very critical of communism.
  Mikhail Gorbachev

en We had big dreams for the city after the Berlin Wall fell and many of those were pulled down by reality. But we hope that with good infrastructure and attractions such as the new station, we will draw more investors and visitors.

en 15 years without the wall, time to fill the gap (on Berlin)


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