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