Sometimes, the decisions have to be taken in minutes, even seconds, and there would be no time to make the right decision. We understood that this could have ended in catastrophe.

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.

To me, nature is sacred. Trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals.

Today, peace means the ascent from simple coexistence to cooperation and common creativity among countries and nations.

America has a right to be a leader. This leadership should be realized through partnership, not domination.

The social model of the Bolsheviks failed, as will any model that denies individual rights, intellectual freedom, and freedom of competing political parties. Without these freedoms and rights, there is no motivation for people to work. Such a system cannot be sustained, especially in light of the technological revolution of the information era.

You cannot go to sleep with one form of economic system and wake up the next morning with another.