Democracy must learn to defend itself. Mikhail Gorbachev More Quotes by Mikhail Gorbachev More Quotes From Mikhail Gorbachev We need a new environmental consciousness on a global basis. To do this, we need to educate people. Mikhail Gorbachev future vision people Globalization was supposed to break down barriers between continents and bring all peoples together. But what kind of globalization do we have with over one billion people on the planet not having safe water to drink? Mikhail Gorbachev together water people Women prevent the threads of life from being broken. The finest minds have always understood the peacemaking role of women. Mikhail Gorbachev broken peace life 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 cutting america people 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 earth giving two We need a new system of values, a system of the organic unity between humankind and nature and the ethic of global responsibility. Mikhail Gorbachev unity responsibility inspiring The Union was destroyed against the will of the people, and it was done deliberately - with the participation of the Russian leadership, on the one hand, and that of the putschists, on the other. Mikhail Gorbachev done hands people We have no right ever to forget that psychological warfare Mikhail Gorbachev struggle winning people I am an optimist and I believe that together we shall be able now to make the right historical choice so as not to miss the great chance at the turn of centuries and millenia and make the current extremely difficult transition to a peaceful world order. Mikhail Gorbachev change order believe If the Russian word "perestroika" has easily entered the international lexicon, this is due to more than just interest in what is going on in the Soviet Union. Now the whole world needs restructuring, i.e. progressive development, a fundamental change. Mikhail Gorbachev unions world needs It will not be enough to rely on experts. Ordinary citizens must become experts too. It will take public opinion on a wide scale to ensure that world leaders act. Mikhail Gorbachev communication leader ordinary Every US President has to have a war. Mikhail Gorbachev president war america Contemporary social democracy is what I believe is the right concept. Mikhail Gorbachev democracy social believe Sometimes, the decisions have to be taken in minutes, even seconds, and there would be no time to make the right decision. We understood that this could have ended in catastrophe. Mikhail Gorbachev taken decision would-be 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. Many Soviet household appliances are of poor quality. Mikhail Gorbachev poor-quality achievement war More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life. Mikhail Gorbachev eugenics everyday mean Some think that Russia should become a kind of a U.S. province, where it should supply natural resources to the United States and the rest of the world. But these people ignore one very important thing: The Russian people will never agree to this scenario. Russia is ultimately a self-sufficient country. Mikhail Gorbachev self country thinking What happened to the Soviet Union happened mainly for domestic reasons. It was a failure of the model based on a command economy and dictatorship. The rejection of freedom and democracy, the decisionmaking monopoly of one party, and the monopoly of one ideology all had a chilling effect on the country. That model turned out to be incapable of making structural changes. It did not open up ways for initiative and was overly centralized. Mikhail Gorbachev rejection party country An awareness of the need for some kind of global government is gaining ground, one in which all members of the world community would take part. Mikhail Gorbachev government law needs America has a right to be a leader. This leadership should be realized through partnership, not domination. Mikhail Gorbachev partnership leader america
