I will never give up politics. I've tried to give it up three times, but I never made it. Politics mobilizes me.… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
You are fortunate to live here. If I were your President, I would levy a tax on you for living in San… — 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
If the Russian word "perestroika" has easily entered the international lexicon, this is due to more than just interest in what is… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Humankind has no option but to protect and live in harmony with its natural environment. However, it would be regrettable if in… — 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
The United States found dozens of billions of dollars for military action in Iraq, so it should certainly be able to find… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Though representatives of many ethnic groups came together in the United States, English became their common language. Apparently, this was a natural… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
We must treat water as if it were the most precious thing in the world, the most valuable natural resource. Be economical… — 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
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
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