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.

The most important thing is who counts the votes.

New approaches are needed, new orientations in both thought and action. We must make the transition to a new civilization...We are talking of a transition toward a new civilization. No one knows what it will be like. What is important is to orient in that direction... I am convinced that a new civilization will inevitably take on certain features that are characteristic of, or inherent in, the socialist ideal.

Every part of our program of perestroika - and the program as a whole, for that matter - is fully based on the principle of more socialism and more democracy.

Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences.

When future generations judge those who came before them on environmental issues, they may conclude "they didn't know": let us not go down in history as the generations who knew, but didn't care

Politics is my second love, next to my love for Raisa [Gorbacheva].