All Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes
- The human race has entered a stage where we are all dependent on each other. No other country or nation should be regarded in total… All
- Women prevent the threads of life from being broken. The finest minds have always understood the peacemaking role of women. Always Understood
- Today, peace means the ascent from simple coexistence to cooperation and common creativity among countries and nations. Among
- Ideally, peace means the absence of violence. It is an ethical value. Absence
- Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are primarily for outward… All
- I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal. Communism
- In October 1917, we parted with the old world, rejecting it once and for all. We are moving toward a new world, a world of… All
- Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences. Comparison
- Water, like religion and ideology, has the power to move millions of people. Since the very birth of human civilization, people have moved to settle… All
- Globalization was supposed to break down barriers between continents and bring all peoples together. But what kind of globalization do we have with over one… All
- We must treat water as if it were the most precious thing in the world, the most valuable natural resource. Be economical with water! Don't… Economical
- There should be competition and exchanges between different countries, but there are certainly certain universal values, and that is freedom and democracy. Certain
- You cannot put Russia down on its knees and hold it there because Russia will ultimately pull out. Cannot Put
- What about Jesus Christ? I say that he was a precursor of idealists; a precursor of socialists. Christ
- We could only solve our problems by cooperating with other countries. It would have been paradoxical not to cooperate. And therefore we needed to put… Arms
- Starting reforms in the Soviet Union was only possible from above, only from above. Any attempt to go from below was suppressed, suppressed in a… Any
- Every country should conduct its own reforms, should develop its own model, taking into account the experience of other countries, whether close neighbours or far… Account
- Without perestroika, the cold war simply would not have ended. But the world could not continue developing as it had, with the stark menace of… Cold
- Sometimes people ask me why I began perestroika. Were the causes basically domestic or foreign? The domestic reasons were undoubtedly the main ones, but the… Ask
- I paid too heavy a price for perestroika. Heavy
- I say again that I am an atheist. I do not believe in God. Atheist
- Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. Ex
- Political leaders still think things can be done through force, but that cannot solve terrorism. Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is… Backwardness
- I think the environmental problem will be the number one item on the agenda of the 21st century... This is a problem that cannot be… Agenda
- I grew up in a family of peasants, and it was there that I saw the way that, for example, our wheat fields suffered as… Dust