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Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: America has a right to be a leader. This leadership should be realized through partnership, not domination. America has a right to be a leader. This leadership should be realized through partnership, not domination.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: In effect, according to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible. By gaining democratic freedoms the working masses come to power. In effect, according to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible. By gaining democratic freedoms the working masses come to power.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life. More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: What about Jesus Christ? I say that he was a precursor of idealists; a precursor of socialists. What about Jesus Christ? I say that he was a precursor of idealists; a precursor of socialists.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: A New World Order is required to deal with the Climate Change crisis. A New World Order is required to deal with the Climate Change crisis.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Democracy must learn to defend itself. Democracy must learn to defend itself.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Politics is my second love, next to my love for Raisa [Gorbacheva]. Politics is my second love, next to my love for Raisa [Gorbacheva].
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: History punishes those that come late to it. History punishes those that come late to it.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: We were nearly one of the last to realize that in the age of information science the most expensive asset is knowledge. We were nearly one of the last to realize that in the age of
information science the most expensive asset is knowledge.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: God has given us enough wisdom to make improvements in our relations. God has given us enough wisdom to make improvements in our relations.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences. Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Without glasnost there is not, and there cannot be, democratism, the political creativity of the masses and their participation in management. Without glasnost there is not, and there cannot be, democratism, the political creativity of the masses and their participation in management.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: The time has come to choose a new direction of global development, to opt for a new civilization. The time has come to choose a new direction of global development, to opt for a new civilization.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: The socialist tradition ... goes back to Jesus Christ, not (Karl) Marx. The socialist tradition ... goes back to Jesus Christ,
not (Karl) Marx.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: The most important thing is who counts the votes. The most important thing is who counts the votes.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: The model of the consumer society is something that will one day end. My personal view is that too much consumption is wrong. The model of the consumer society is something that will one day end. My personal view is that too much consumption is wrong.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: To me, nature is sacred; trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals. To me, nature is sacred; trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: One day we took each other by the hand and went for a walk in the evening. And we walked like that for our whole life. One day we took each other by the hand and went for a walk in the evening. And we walked like that for our whole life.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: If you are not moving forward, you are moving backward. If you are not moving forward, you are moving backward.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Nature is reminding us that it used to exist without human beings. Nature is reminding us that it used to exist without human beings.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: I believe, as Lenin said, that this revolutionary chaos may yet crystallize into new forms of life. I believe, as Lenin said, that this revolutionary chaos may yet crystallize into new forms of life.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: I think the environmental problem will be the number one item on the agenda of the 21st century ... This is a problem that cannot be postponed. I think the environmental problem will be the number one item on the agenda of the 21st century ... This is a problem that cannot be postponed.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal. I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Every US President has to have a war. Every US President has to have a war.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: The new European Soviet. The new European Soviet.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: I will never give up politics. I've tried to give it up three times, but I never made it. Politics mobilizes me. I won't last long if I give it I will never give up politics. I've tried to give it up three times, but I never made it. Politics mobilizes me. I won't last long if I give it up.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: I say again that I am an atheist. I do not believe in God. I say again that I am an atheist. I do not believe in God.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: History is a capricious creature. It depends on who writes it. History is a capricious creature. It depends on who writes it.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: A new generation of more educated people started to be active. Then society required freedom, society demanded freedom. A new generation of more educated people started to be active. Then society required freedom, society demanded freedom.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: The threat of a world war is no more. The threat of a world war is no more.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy. The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Contemporary social democracy is what I believe is the right concept. Contemporary social democracy is what I believe is the right concept.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization. The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Americans have a severe disease - worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex. Americans have a severe disease - worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: My life's work has been accomplished. I did all that I could. My life's work has been accomplished. I did all that I could.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction. It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: The EU is the old Soviet Union dressed in Western clothes The EU is the old Soviet Union dressed in Western clothes
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: I began to feel the desire for something more; I wanted to do something to make things better. I began to feel the desire for something more; I wanted to do something to make things better.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: You cannot put Russia down on its knees and hold it there because Russia will ultimately pull out. You cannot put Russia down on its knees and hold it there because Russia will ultimately pull out.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: The world will not accept dictatorship or domination. The world will not accept dictatorship or domination.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: A society should never become like a pond with stagnant water, without movement. That's the most important thing. A society should never become like a pond with stagnant water, without movement. That's the most important thing.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: I think God has some mechanism that he uses to punish those that make mistakes. I think God has some mechanism that he uses to punish those that make mistakes.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Today, peace means the ascent from simple coexistence to cooperation and common creativity among countries and nations. Today, peace means the ascent from simple coexistence to cooperation and common creativity among countries and nations.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Man is beginning to explore the galaxy. But how much remains undone on earth? Man is beginning to explore the galaxy. But how much remains undone on earth?
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: People, human beings with all their creative diversity, are the makers of history. People, human beings with all their creative diversity, are the makers of history.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: If not me, who? And if not now, when? If not me, who? And if not now, when?
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: The opponents of perestroika had suffered a defeat, and then they organized the coup. The opponents of perestroika had suffered a defeat, and then they organized the coup.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: What we're talking about is creating new forms of life on the basis of new values. What we're talking about is creating new forms of life on the basis of new values.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: If people don't like Marxism, they should blame the British Museum. If people don't like Marxism, they should blame the British Museum.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life. Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: A new world order is taking shape so fast that governments as well as private citizens find it difficult just to absorb the gallop of events. A new world order is taking shape so fast that governments as well as private citizens find it difficult just to absorb the gallop of events.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Putin wants to stay in power, but not so that he can finally solve our most pressing problems: education, health care, poverty. Putin wants to stay in power, but not so that he can finally solve our most pressing problems: education, health care, poverty.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Further global progress is now possible only through a quest for universal consensus in the movement towards a new world order. Further global progress is now possible only through a quest for universal consensus in the movement towards a new world order.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: I paid too heavy a price for perestroika. I paid too heavy a price for perestroika.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Those who are late will be punished by life itself. Those who are late will be punished by life itself.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today. If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: It is better to see once than to hear a hundred times. It is better to see once than to hear a hundred times.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind. Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars. What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: If you want Russia to be a real fully developed partner, then America should invest in Russia and activate Russia as a strong nation. If you want Russia to be a real fully developed partner, then America should invest in Russia and activate Russia as a strong nation.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: The time has come to develop integrated global policies. The time has come to develop integrated global policies.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Sometimes when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face. Sometimes when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Women prevent the threads of life from being broken. The finest minds have always understood the peacemaking role of women. Women prevent the threads of life from being broken. The finest minds have always understood the peacemaking role of women.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Dangers await only those who do not react to life. Dangers await only those who do not react to life.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Even today, a majority of people surveyed say that they regret the fact that the USSR collapsed. But only 9 percent say that they would want it back. Even today, a majority of people surveyed say that they regret the fact that the USSR collapsed. But only 9 percent say that they would want it back.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: We need a new environmental consciousness on a global basis. To do this, we need to educate people. We need a new environmental consciousness on a global basis. To do this, we need to educate people.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Life punishes those who come too late. Life punishes those who come too late.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: For a new type of progress throughout the world to become a reality, everyone must change. Tolerance is the alpha and omega of a new world order. For a new type of progress throughout the world to become a reality, everyone must change. Tolerance is the alpha and omega of a new world order.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: My goal was to avoid bloodshed. But unfortunately there was some bloodshed, after all. My goal was to avoid bloodshed. But unfortunately there was some bloodshed, after all.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: In Russia, there are those who make their money in criminal ways, but I earn everything myself. In Russia, there are those who make their money in criminal ways, but I earn everything myself.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: I believe in the cosmos. All of us are linked to the cosmos. I believe in the cosmos. All of us are linked to the cosmos.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: You cannot go to sleep with one form of economic system and wake up the next morning with another. You cannot go to sleep with one form of economic system and wake up the next morning with another.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti-Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire.' It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti-Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire.'
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs. We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: You are fortunate to live here. If I were your President, I would levy a tax on you for living in San Francisco! You are fortunate to live here. If I were your President, I would levy a tax on you for living in San Francisco!
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Ideally, peace means the absence of violence. It is an ethical value. Ideally, peace means the absence of violence. It is an ethical value.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: The forests of Russia and Brazil are the lungs of the Earth. The forests of Russia and Brazil are the lungs of the Earth.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: The threat of environmental crisis is the 'international disaster key' to unlock the New World Order. The threat of environmental crisis is the 'international disaster key' to unlock the New World Order.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: It's America calling the shots in everything It's America calling the shots in everything
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: For the first time ever, we have confronted in reality the sinister power of uncontrolled nuclear energy. For the first time ever, we have confronted in reality the sinister power of uncontrolled nuclear energy.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: We are all passengers aboard one ship, the Earth, and we must not allow it to be wrecked. There will be no second Noah's Ark. We are all passengers aboard one ship, the Earth, and we must not allow it to be wrecked. There will be no second Noah's Ark.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: The phenomenon of UFOs does exist, and it must be treated seriously. The phenomenon of UFOs does exist, and it must be treated seriously.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: Montreal, this wonderful town ... Pearl of Canada, Pearl of the world. Montreal, this wonderful town ... Pearl of Canada, Pearl of the world.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: I think the United States is sick. It suffers from the sickness, the disease of being the victor and it needs to cure itself from this disease. I think the United States is sick. It suffers from the sickness, the disease of being the victor and it needs to cure itself from this disease.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: We have no right ever to forget that psychological warfare is a struggle for winning people's minds. We have no right ever to forget that psychological warfare
is a struggle for winning people's minds.
Mikhail Gorbachev quotes: We need a new system of values, a system of the organic unity between humankind and nature and the ethic of global responsibility. We need a new system of values, a system of the organic unity between humankind and nature and the ethic of global responsibility.

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