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Democracy
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Nov 07, 2020

America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the world to reach the American living standard.

Chaos
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Nov 07, 2020

I believe, as Lenin said, that this revolutionary chaos may yet crystallize into new forms of life.

Problems
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Nov 07, 2020

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.

Change
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Nov 07, 2020

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.

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

Imagine a country that flies into space, launches Sputniks, creates such a defense system, and it can't resolve the problem of women's pantyhose. There's no toothpaste, no soap powder, not the basic necessities of life. It was incredible and humiliating to work in such a government.

End
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Nov 07, 2020

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.

Most
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Nov 07, 2020

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.

Experience
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Nov 07, 2020

Every country should conduct its own reforms, should develop its own model, taking into account the experience of other countries, whether close neighbours or far away countries.

Never
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Nov 07, 2020

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

Nov 07, 2020

On the day I became Soviet leader, in March 1985, I had a special meeting with the leaders of the Warsaw Pact countries and told them: 'You are independent, and we are independent. You are responsible for your policies, we are responsible for ours. We will not intervene in your affairs, I promise you.'

Present
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Nov 07, 2020

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.

People
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Nov 07, 2020

Sometimes people ask me why I began perestroika. Were the causes basically domestic or foreign? The domestic reasons were undoubtedly the main ones, but the danger of nuclear war was so serious that it was a no less significant factor.

Paid
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Nov 07, 2020

I paid too heavy a price for perestroika.

God
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Nov 07, 2020

I say again that I am an atheist. I do not believe in God.

Nov 07, 2020

Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support.

Fight
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Nov 07, 2020

Political leaders still think things can be done through force, but that cannot solve terrorism. Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is what we have to fight.

Problem
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Nov 07, 2020

I think the environmental problem will be the number one item on the agenda of the 21st century... This is a problem that cannot be postponed.

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

I grew up in a family of peasants, and it was there that I saw the way that, for example, our wheat fields suffered as a result of dust storms, water erosion and wind erosion; I saw the effect of that on life - on human life.

Die
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Nov 07, 2020

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.

Arrogance
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Nov 07, 2020

Sometimes it's difficult to accept, to recognise one's own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that.

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