Mikhail Gorbachev quotes - page 3

A society should never become like a pond with stagnant water, without movement. That's the most important thing. (Mikhail Gorbachev)
I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal. View quote
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We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs. View quote
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It would be naive to think that the problems plaguing mankind today can be solved with means and methods which were applied or seemed to work in the past. View quote
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Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth. View quote
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It is time to consign to oblivion the cold war postulates when Europe was viewed as an arena of confrontation divided into "spheres of influence" and someone else's "forward-based defences", as an object of military confrontation - namely a theatre of war. View quote
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It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti-Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire.' View quote
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If people don't like Marxism, they should blame the British Museum. View quote
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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 the people there is no contradiction with socialism. View quote
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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 an end to the Iron Curtain, to change the nature of international relations, to rid them of ideological confrontation, and particularly to end the arms race. View quote
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A period of transition to a new quality in all spheres of society's life is accompanied by painful phenomena. (Mikhail Gorbachev)
We have retreated from the perennial values. I don't think that we need any new values. The most important thing is to try to revive the universally known values from which we have retreated. View quote
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We are witnessing most profound social change. View quote
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Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting off the heads. View quote
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All members of the world community should resolutely discard old stereotypes and motivations nurtured by the Cold War, and give up the habit of seeking each other's weak spots and exploiting them in their own interests. View quote
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In our times, good relations benefit all. Any worsening of relations anywhere is a common loss. View quote
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Being resolute today means to act within the framework of political and social pluralism and the rule of law to provide conditions for continued reform and prevent a breakdown of the state and economic collapse, prevent the elements of chaos from becoming catastrophic. View quote
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There is a growing will to achieve consensus, and a growing understanding that we have a State, a country, a common life. This is what must be preserved first of all. View quote
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This understanding is embodied in the canons of world religions and in the works of philosophers from antiquity to our time. View quote
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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 Europe. View quote
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In the name of Communism we abandoned basic human values. So when I came to power in Russia I started to restore those values; values of "openness" and freedom. (Mikhail Gorbachev)
During the last six years we have discarded and destroyed much that stood in the way of a renewal and transformation of our society. View quote
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We had 10 years after the Cold War to build a new world order and yet we squandered them. View quote
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Never before has the idea that peace is indivisible been so true as it is now. Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences. View quote
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The new integrity of the world, in our view, can be built only on the principles of the freedom of choice and balance of interests. View quote
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