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Quotes About Eastern bloc

As a 7-year-old child, I saw the Wall being erected. No one - although it was a stark violation of international law - believed at the time that one ought to intervene militarily in order to protect citizens of the GDR and whole Eastern bloc, of the consequences of that - namely, to live in lack of freedom for many, many years.
~ Angela Merkel
If you go into the eastern bloc countries we are huge, and in Russia. Maybe there is something about the depressing nature of our music and lyrics that some people find an affinity with.
~ Martin Gore
The Games have been decimated. If you take away the Eastern Bloc, you take away 50% of the medals
~ Ron Pickering
In August, the Hungarians cut the barbed wire at their border with Austria, creating the first hole in the Eastern Bloc.
~ Anna Funder
Things have changed for the worse. That's why former eastern bloc countries are electing communists again. We are missing them and longing for the times we cursed before.
~ Krzysztof Kieslowski
It's no secret that kettlebells were standard equipment for Eastern Bloc strength athletes and old time strongmen—they are excellent for swings, laterals, rowing and a variety of throwing-related movements.
~ Pavel Tsatsouline
I like places where you can dance to crazy music, like Bedlam or Eastern Bloc in the East Village.
~ Nicola Formichetti
As I've watched the Berlin Wall come down, the cry for freedom in China, and the eastern bloc nations, I rejoice, because I see the bankruptcy of Marxist-Leninism, socialism in this world.
~ Jerry Falwell