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 GorbachevThe model of the consumer society is something that will one day end. My personal view is that too much consumption is wrong.
Mikhail GorbachevAmericans have a severe disease - worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex.
Mikhail Gorbachev