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.

For the first time ever, we have confronted in reality the sinister power of uncontrolled nuclear energy.

I believe in the cosmos. All of us are linked to the cosmos.

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.

It will be difficult, even painful, but democracy will prevail in Russia. There will be no dictatorship, although relapses into authoritarianism are possible.

I support freedom and I support a free market economy, but it should be a socially oriented market economy. I support globalization, but it should be globalization with a human face.

The shortage of fresh water is the major ecological problem of this moment.