We desperately need to recognise that we are the guests, not the masters, of nature and adopt a new paradigm for development,… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
In principle as a philosophy, a model of organising society, Communism has to be respected. As regards the use of certain methods… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
There is an increasing awareness of the need for some form of global government. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Water, like religion and ideology, has the power to move millions of people. Since the very birth of human civilization, people have… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
The emerging 'environmentalization' of our civilization and the need for vigorous action in the interest of the entire global community will inevitably… — 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
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
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
Our rockets can find Halley's comet, and fly to Venus with amazing accuracy, but side by side with these scientific and technical… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
We need a new environmental consciousness on a global basis. To do this, we need to educate people. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
We need a new system of values, a system of the organic unity between humankind and nature and the ethic of global… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
An awareness of the need for some kind of global government is gaining ground, one in which all members of the world… — 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
