Perestroika Quotes
- Perestroika is nothing more than refined Stalinism. — Dan Quayle
- 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… — Mikhail Gorbachev
- Every part of our program of perestroika - and the program as a whole, for that matter - is fully based on the principle of… — Mikhail Gorbachev
- There is no greater advocate of perestroika than the president of the United States. — George H. W. Bush
- Angels in America' - which is composed of two three-hour plays, 'Millennium Approaches' and 'Perestroika' - proved to be a watershed drama, the most lyrical… — John Lahr
- Cuba needs a dose of perestroika. — Carlos Fuentes
- 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… — Mikhail Gorbachev
- 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… — Mikhail Gorbachev
- 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… — Mikhail Gorbachev
- I paid too heavy a price for perestroika. — Mikhail Gorbachev
- The experience of opposing mass movements was acquired by the KGB during perestroika. It was then that the politicians decided to develop and nourish mass… — Vladimir Bukovsky
- The essential meaning of perestroika for Gorbachev and his supporters was creating and acting on alternatives to failed and dangerous policies at home and abroad. — Stephen Cohen