Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev Without glasnost there is not, and there cannot be, democratism, the political creativity of the masses and their participation in management. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev 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 Sergeyevich Gorbachev It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev 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 Sergeyevich Gorbachev Sometimes ... when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face. (Following summit meeting with Ronald Reagan) Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev 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 Sergeyevich Gorbachev We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
