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In 1995, the similar phrase "Trust and Verify" was used as the motto of the On-Site Inspection Agency (now subsumed into the Defense Threat Reduction Agency). [11]In 2000, David T. Lindgren's book about how interpretation, or imagery analysis, of aerial and satellite images of the Soviet Union played a key role in superpowers and in arms control during the Cold War was titled Trust But Verify ...
The phrase was derived from a popular television ad for Wendy's hamburgers. "Trust, but verify", used by Ronald Reagan when discussing relations with the Soviet Union. Originally a Russian proverb. "Mistakes were made", said by Ronald Reagan in the 1987 State of the Union Address in reference to the Iran-Contra affair.
She also asked Reagan to learn the now famous Russian phrase "Doveryai, no proveryai", which translates as "Trust, but verify". Her importance in contributing to Reagan's understanding of the Russian people, assisting in reaching a peaceful end to the Cold War , was described in detail in a number of documentary films.
“Trust, but verify.” —A rhyming Russian proverb popularized by President Ronald Reagan “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.”
“Trust, but verify,” Ronald Reagan famously said at every meeting with the Soviet Union’s Mikhail Gorbachev. Emirates is tweaking that saying in its relationship with Boeing : “Verify ...
President Ronald Reagan famously advised us to “Trust, but verify.” State Rep. Dustin Burrows recently penned an Op-ed concerning the politics of school closings in the Lubbock Avalanche ...
I just read an article that suggests that "trust but verify" dates back at least to the Kennedy Administration. So if it was also used by Vladimir Lenin the origins of the expression needs more work, and it is interesting that Reagan amd his followers used the expression without attributing its origins. The reference is to a book called "Brothers".
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