What happened to the Soviet Union happened mainly for domestic reasons. It was a failure of the model based on a command… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
On the day I became Soviet leader, in March 1985, I had a special meeting with the leaders of the Warsaw Pact… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why this country undertook military action in Iraq was that there are quite a few problems here, and… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
The human race has entered a stage where we are all dependent on each other. No other country or nation should be… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
The problem the world faces today is that only one-third of the world's population lives in decent circumstances, while half the population… — 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
Every country should conduct its own reforms, should develop its own model, taking into account the experience of other countries, whether close… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Some think that Russia should become a kind of a U.S. province, where it should supply natural resources to the United States… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Imagine a country that flies into space, launches Sputniks, creates such a defense system, and it can't resolve the problem of women's… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Many people who live in big countries like ours thought that we had resources that would work for us for many, many… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Today, peace means the ascent from simple coexistence to cooperation and common creativity among countries and nations. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
No one, no single center, can today command the world. No single group of countries can do it. Under the current U.S.… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
We are beginning to see practical support. And this is a very significant sign of the movement towards a new era, 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
