Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. — 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
We have no right ever to forget that psychological warfare is a struggle for winning people's minds. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share
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
In effect, according to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible. By gaining democratic freedoms the working masses come to power. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share
The shortage of fresh water is the major ecological problem of this moment. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share
The time has come to choose a new direction of global development, to opt for a new civilization. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share
In Russia, there are those who make their money in criminal ways, but I earn everything myself. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share
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
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
Women prevent the threads of life from being broken. The finest minds have always understood the peacemaking role of women. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share
For the first time ever, we have confronted in reality the sinister power of uncontrolled nuclear energy. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share
A new world order is taking shape so fast that governments as well as private citizens find it difficult just to absorb the gallop… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share
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… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share
The threat of environmental crisis is the 'international disaster key' to unlock the New World Order. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share
