You cannot go to sleep with one form of economic system and wake up the next morning with another.
Mikhail GorbachevOn the day I became Soviet leader, in March 1985, I had a special meeting with the leaders of the Warsaw Pact countries and told them: 'You are independent, and we are independent. You are responsible for your policies, we are responsible for ours. We will not intervene in your affairs, I promise you.'
Mikhail GorbachevA society should never become like a pond with stagnant water, without movement. That's the most important thing.
Mikhail Gorbachev