Famous Quotes / David Bruce
David Bruce: "I thought that in general we in the United States were too optimistic in believing that the Soviets might alter what had been for a long time, as a matter of fact for centuries, fundamental Russian policies in respect to the rest of the world."
| Alter | Believing | Centuries | Fact |
| Fundamental | General | Long | Matter |
| Might | Optimistic | Policies | Respect |
| Rest | Russian | Soviets | States |
| Thought | Time | United | World |