QuoteQuest“Detente sounds a fine word. And, to the extent that there really has been a relaxation in international tension, it is a fine thing. But the fact remains that throughout this decade of detente, the armed forces of the Soviet Union have increased, are increasing, and show no signs of diminishing.”
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Margaret Thatcher
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
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- Wikiquote
Context
Speech to Chelsea Conservative Association (26 July 1975)
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Thatcher, Margaret. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Margaret Thatcher. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher
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