America has a right to be a leader. This leadership should be realized through partnership, not domination. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Not only America but all countries should think together about how the enormous might of the sole remaining superpower should be used.… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
I think the United States is sick. It suffers from the sickness, the disease of being the victor and it needs to… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
In October 1917, we parted with the old world, rejecting it once and for all. We are moving toward a new world,… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
I remember Secretary of State [George] Shultz one day saying that America is an economic model for the world. I replied to… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
There is only one superpower now and it doesn't know what to do with its status. As a result, we got Yugoslavia… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
If you want Russia to be a real fully developed partner, then America should invest in Russia and activate Russia as a… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are primarily for… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
We have no right ever to forget that psychological warfare is a struggle for winning people's minds. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
The most puzzling development in politics during the last decade is the apparent determination of Western European leaders to re-create the Soviet Union in… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
In effect, according to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible. By gaining democratic freedoms the working masses come to power. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
The shortage of fresh water is the major ecological problem of this moment. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
If people don't like Marxism, they should blame the British Museum. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
The time has come to choose a new direction of global development, to opt for a new civilization. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
In Russia, there are those who make their money in criminal ways, but I earn everything myself. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Without perestroika, the cold war simply would not have ended. But the world could not continue developing as it had, with the stark menace… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
What happened to the Soviet Union happened mainly for domestic reasons. It was a failure of the model based on a command economy and… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Women prevent the threads of life from being broken. The finest minds have always understood the peacemaking role of women. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
For the first time ever, we have confronted in reality the sinister power of uncontrolled nuclear energy. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
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