Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes

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• Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life
• It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction
• I believe, as Lenin said, that this revolutionary chaos may yet crystallize into new forms of life
• We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs
• The world will not accept dictatorship or domination
• Sometimes when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face
• The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.
• More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life.
• There is only one superpower now and it doesn't know what to do with its status. As a result, we got Yugoslavia and Iraq, and…
• I think the United States is sick. It suffers from the sickness, the disease of being the victor and it needs to cure itself from…
• It is my firm belief that the infinite and uncontrollable fury of nuclear weapons should never be held in the hands of any mere mortal…
• There is an increasing awareness of the need for some form of global government.
• It is better to see once than to hear a hundred times.
• I am an optimist and I believe that together we shall be able now to make the right historical choice so as not to miss…
• You are fortunate to live here. If I were your President, I would levy a tax on you for living in San Francisco!
• Our rockets can find Halley's comet, and fly to Venus with amazing accuracy, but side by side with these scientific and technical triumphs is an…
• On the day I became Soviet leader, in March 1985, I had a special meeting with the leaders of the Warsaw Pact countries and told…
• I believe in the cosmos. All of us are linked to the cosmos.
• If people don't like Marxism, they should blame the British Museum.
• In our discussions here at the forum there was no trace of the futile debate about what is better, capitalism or socialism...We should seek a…

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