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Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Statesman

Born: Mar 2, 1931

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The world will not accept dictatorship or domination. Mikhail Gorbachev

Government World Dictatorship Will Accept Domination

Sometimes it's difficult to accept, to recognise one's own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that. Mikhail Gorbachev

Arrogance Sometimes Mistakes Own Difficult Punished Recognise Guilty Must Accept

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 what we have to fight. Mikhail Gorbachev

Terrorism Fight Political Think Solve Through Leaders Force Terror Still Political Leaders Done Cannot Breeding Ground Things

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. Mikhail Gorbachev

Nature Change Problems International Relations Other Other Countries Relations Our Paradoxical Would Solve Only Could Put Countries Particularly Arms Arms Race Ideological Been End Iron Iron Curtain Curtain Race Confrontation Them Rid International Therefore Cooperate Cooperating Needed

Democracy must learn to defend itself. Mikhail Gorbachev

Government Democracy Must Learn Itself Defend

More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life. Mikhail Gorbachev

Life Democracy Socialism Everyday Life Everyday Collectivism More Openness Means

On the day I became Soviet leader, in March 1985, I had a special meeting with the leaders of the Warsaw Pact countries and told them: 'You are independent, and we are independent. You are responsible for your policies, we are responsible for ours. We will not intervene in your affairs, I promise you.' Mikhail Gorbachev

Day You Will Leader Intervene Meeting Ours Independent Promise Responsible Had Leaders Countries Policies Became Affairs Soviet Them Pact Your Special Warsaw March

A society should never become like a pond with stagnant water, without movement. That's the most important thing. Mikhail Gorbachev

Water Important Become Society Never Like Most Most Important Thing Without Important Thing Movement The Most Important Stagnant Pond Should Thing

I couldn't wait to get to the most powerful position, because I thought then I would be able to fix problems that only the leader can fix. But when I got there, I realized we needed revolutionary change. Mikhail Gorbachev

If current technological processes continue without change, the environment will change, and we, the human species, will either have to mutate or even die, to disappear, as many species have disappeared. Mikhail Gorbachev

Change Will Disappear Disappeared Environment Without Continue Die Current Human Either Processes Many Even Human Species Species Technological

I think God has some mechanism that he uses to punish those that make mistakes. Mikhail Gorbachev

God Mistakes Think Punish Those Some He Make Uses Mechanism

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 their teeth to pull them out. Mikhail Gorbachev

What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars. Mikhail Gorbachev

Peace Wars Star Star Wars Need

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. Mikhail Gorbachev

Wisdom God Great Enough Relations Earth Ways High Find Give Great Nations Between Surely Improvement Nations Refused Us Bring Two

I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal. Mikhail Gorbachev

Me Some Main Am Goal May Fantasy Convinced Communist

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 danger of nuclear war was so serious that it was a no less significant factor. Mikhail Gorbachev

We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs. Mikhail Gorbachev

Convictions Our Philosophy Abandon Abandoning Nor Traditions Anyone Urge

The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy. Mikhail Gorbachev

Government Democracy People Unconditional Soviet Want

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.' Mikhail Gorbachev

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 a result of dust storms, water erosion and wind erosion; I saw the effect of that on life - on human life. Mikhail Gorbachev

I don't think Russia is setting this as a goal; I don't think this should be Russia's goal. I think even the United States doesn't need to be a superpower. China doesn't need to be a superpower. It's a different world. Mikhail Gorbachev

World Think Setting States Russia Superpower Goal Different China Should Even United Different World United States Need

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