"The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian."
— George F. Kennan

January 1, 1970

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People from MilwaukeeDiplomats of the United StatesUnited States Ambassadors to Russia and the Soviet UnionUnited States Department of State Directors of Policy PlanningUnited States Ambassadors to Yugoslavia
Original Language: English

Sources

As quoted in US-Soviet Relations : The First 50 Years WNET TV (17 April 1984)