Our enemy sees us clearly. … They will not start a war. They’re worried about one thing: If democracy develops here, if we succeed, we will win
—Mikhail Gorbachev
Topics: Government
The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It s an invention of civilization.
—Mikhail Gorbachev
Topics: Capitalism, Business
I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal.
—Mikhail Gorbachev
Topics: Socialism, Communism
The ecologization of politics requires us to acknowledge the priority of human values and makes ecology part of education at an early age, molding a new, modern approach to nature and, at the same time, giving back to man a sense of being part of nature. No moral improvement of society is possible without that
—Mikhail Gorbachev
Topics: Wildlife
My life’s work has been accomplished. I did all that I could.
—Mikhail Gorbachev
Topics: Politics, Politicians
Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.
—Mikhail Gorbachev
Topics: Democracy
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 close to it. People move when there is too little of it. People move when there is too much of it. People journey down it. People write, sing and dance about it. People fight over it. And all people, everywhere and every day, need it
—Mikhail Gorbachev
Topics: Water
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.
—Mikhail Gorbachev
Topics: Loneliness
The shortage of fresh water is the major ecological problem of this moment.
—Mikhail Gorbachev
Topics: Water
God has given us enough wisdom to make improvements in our relations.
—Mikhail Gorbachev
Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind.
—Mikhail Gorbachev
Topics: Christianity
Without glasnost there is not, and there cannot be, democratism, the political creativity of the masses and their participation in management
—Mikhail Gorbachev
Topics: Government
It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction.
—Mikhail Gorbachev
Topics: Arguments
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 waste it! We still have time to do something about this problem before it is too late
—Mikhail Gorbachev
Topics: Water
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