If... many influential people have failed to understand, or have just forgotten, what we were up against in the Cold War and how we overcame it, they are not going to be capable of securing, let alone enlarging, the gains that liberty has made.

[Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher praised the pontiff's role in toppling communism.] Millions owe him their freedom and self-respect. The whole world is inspired by his example, ... His life was a long struggle against the lies employed to excuse evil. By combating the falsehoods of communism and proclaiming the true dignity of the individual, his was the moral force behind victory in the Cold War.

The Cold War is over but Cold War thinking survives.

During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity.

We're no longer in the Cold War. Eavesdropping on friends is unacceptable.

The lesson of the Cold War is that against nuclear weapons, only nuclear weapons can hold the peace.