All Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes
- According to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible.... The essence of perestroika lies in the fact that it unites socialism with democracy and revives the… According
- Every part of our program of perestroika - and the program as a whole, for that matter - is fully based on the principle of… Based
- 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 Western… Apparent
- We had 10 years after the Cold War to build a new world order and yet we squandered them. The United States cannot tolerate anyone… Acting
- Americans have a severe disease — worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex. Aids
- Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting off the heads. So the Soviets must use… Certain
- The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism. ... If it leads to improving the well-being of… Came
- The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization. Capitalism
- With Yeltsin, the Soviet Union broke apart, the country was totally mismanaged, the constitution was not respected by the regions of Russia. The army, education… Apart
- Man is beginning to explore the galaxy. But how much remains undone on earth? Beginning
- Life punishes those who come too late. Funny
- People, human beings with all their creative diversity, are the makers of history. All
- We desperately need to recognize that we are the guests not the masters of nature and adopt a new paradigm for development, based on the… Adopt
- We are all passengers aboard one ship, the Earth, and we must not allow it to be wrecked. There will be no second Noah's Ark. Aboard
- For the first time ever, we have confronted in reality the sinister power of uncontrolled nuclear energy. Confronted
- Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life Air
- It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction Argue
- I believe, as Lenin said, that this revolutionary chaos may yet crystallize into new forms of life Believe
- We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs Abandon
- The world will not accept dictatorship or domination Accept
- Sometimes when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face Cannot See
- The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy. Blooded
- More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life. Collectivism
- 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… America
- 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… America