Democracy must learn to defend itself. Mikhail Gorbachev More Quotes by Mikhail Gorbachev More Quotes From Mikhail Gorbachev A new generation of more educated people started to be active. Then society required freedom, society demanded freedom. Mikhail Gorbachev educated generations people The United States found dozens of billions of dollars for military action in Iraq, so it should certainly be able to find a few billions of dollars to get rid of weapons of mass destruction. I'll assume that since the most powerful nation - the United States - has promised to pay for much of this, then its word will be kept. If it isn't, I don't think we can have a true partnership. Mikhail Gorbachev powerful military thinking I will never give up politics. I've tried to give it up three times, but I never made it. Politics mobilizes me. I won't last long if I give it up. Mikhail Gorbachev giving-up lasts long The most important thing is who counts the votes. Mikhail Gorbachev important-things vote important Even today, a majority of people surveyed say that they regret the fact that the USSR collapsed. But only 9 percent say that they would want it back. Mikhail Gorbachev majority regret people The opponents of perestroika had suffered a defeat, and then they organized the coup. Mikhail Gorbachev coups opponents defeat Putin wants to stay in power, but not so that he can finally solve our most pressing problems: education, health care, poverty. Mikhail Gorbachev poverty care want My goal was to avoid bloodshed. But unfortunately there was some bloodshed, after all. Mikhail Gorbachev bloodshed goal In Russia, there are those who make their money in criminal ways, but I earn everything myself. Mikhail Gorbachev criminals russia way ...It turned out this treaty was the most important pillar of strategic stability. We need talks so that its destruction does not exacerbate the threat of war. Mikhail Gorbachev world There are dangerous trends - they are all in plain sight. I would single out two. They are the disregard for international law and the militarization of world politics. Mikhail Gorbachev world I note that these have not solved the problems, but they have served to undermine international law and weaken international relations. Mikhail Gorbachev world 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 problems end nature change 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 wait problems leader change Starting reforms in the Soviet Union was only possible from above, only from above. Any attempt to go from below was suppressed, suppressed in a most resolute way. Mikhail Gorbachev possible only go way 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 die will environment change I think we need more young people; we need to elect young people to government. We need to give them a chance, in the media, in politics, in democracy. Mikhail Gorbachev democracy politics government people I think God has some mechanism that he uses to punish those that make mistakes. Mikhail Gorbachev mistakes some think god What about Jesus Christ? I say that he was a precursor of idealists; a precursor of socialists. Mikhail Gorbachev say about jesus-christ christ All the agreements that are there are preserved and not destroyed, but these are the first steps towards destruction of [ that which ] must not be destroyed in any case. Mikhail Gorbachev
