Mikhail Gorbachev quotes
Mikhail Gorbachev was a Soviet statesman and reformer, best known as the last leader of the Soviet Union. His policies of perestroika and glasnost profoundly changed the political landscape of Eastern Europe and contributed to the end of the Cold War. He received the Nobel Peace Prize and is remembered for promoting openness and restructuring in Soviet society. Here are 111 of his quotes:
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 obvious lack of efficiency in using scientific achievements for economic needs, and many Soviet household appliances are of poor quality.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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 and health systems collapsed. People in the West quietly applauded, dancing with and around Yeltsin. I conclude therefore that we should not pay too much attention to what the West is saying.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Have we not been able to cross the threshold of mistrust, though mistrust has not completely disappeared? Has not the political thinking in the world changed substantially? Does not most of the world community already regard weapons of mass destruction as unacceptable for achieving political objectives?
Mikhail Gorbachev
I view the award of the Nobel Prize to me as an expression of understanding of my intentions, my aspirations, the objectives of the profound transformation we have begun in our country, and the ideas of new thinking. I see it as your acknowledgment of my commitment to peaceful means of implementing the objectives of perestroika.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Occupation: Soviet Statesman
Born: March 2, 1931
Died: August 30, 2022
Quotes count: 111
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