Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
The quote claims the Soviet Union leads the effort for peace and cooperation among peoples.
In plain terms
The Soviet Union leads peace and cooperation.
What can you take from it?
A dominant power can position itself as a peace broker.

Where it applies

  • Cold War diplomacy
  • multilateral negotiations

Putting it to work

  • promoting Soviet-led initiatives
  • leveraging influence for peace talks

Questions to consider

  • What motives might a superpower have to claim peace leadership?
  • How effective was Soviet peace diplomacy?

Another view

It portrays a self‑serving narrative without acknowledging other actors.

More from Leonid Govorov

  1. We are going for the enemy's fortifications. Artillery is doing its share in every phase of the battle. Automatic weapons are so extensively used to-day that w…

    Permalink to quote #1
  2. The Germans had thought they could replace light artillery with mortars, believing it unnecessary to furnish their troops with light guns and howitzers. The th…

    Permalink to quote #3
  3. Further strengthening of the defense capacity of our country demands of all Soviet warriors stubbornness and persistent work.

    Permalink to quote #4

Related quotes

  1. The art of government has grown from its seeds in the tiny city-states of Greece to become the political mode of half the world. So let us dream of a world in …

    Adlai StevensonAdlai Stevenson quote #89
  2. 'There will no longer be need for spheres of influence, for alliances, for balance of power, or any other of the separate alliances through which in the unhapp…

    Cordell HullCordell Hull quote #1
  3. Deux grands princes qui se voudroient bien entr'aymer, ne se devroient jamais voir, mais envoyer bonnes gens et sages les uns vers les autres, et ceux la les e…

    Philippe de ComminesPhilippe de Commines quote #1