Author: Mikhail Gorbachev

Quotes

Without perestroika, the cold war simply would not have ended. But the world could not continue developing as it had, with the stark menace of nuclear war ever present.

Without perestroika, the cold war simply would not have ended. But the world could not continue developing as it had, with the stark menace of nuclear war ever present.

- Mikhail Gorbachev

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

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

- Mikhail Gorbachev

If not me, who? And if not now, when?

If not me, who? And if not now, when?

- Mikhail Gorbachev

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.

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

Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.

Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.

- Mikhail Gorbachev

There should be competition and exchanges between different countries, but there are certainly certain universal values, and that is freedom and democracy.

There should be competition and exchanges between different countries, but there are certainly certain universal values, and that is freedom and democracy.

- Mikhail 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.

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

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

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

- Mikhail Gorbachev

I paid too heavy a price for perestroika.

I paid too heavy a price for perestroika.

- Mikhail Gorbachev

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