Though representatives of many ethnic groups came together in the United States, English became their common language. Apparently, this was a natural choice. One can imagine what would have happened if members of each nation moving to the U.S. had spoken only their own tongues and refused to learn English.

A new generation of more educated people started to be active. Then society required freedom, society demanded freedom.

What happened to the Soviet Union happened mainly for domestic reasons. It was a failure of the model based on a command economy and dictatorship. The rejection of freedom and democracy, the decisionmaking monopoly of one party, and the monopoly of one ideology all had a chilling effect on the country. That model turned out to be incapable of making structural changes. It did not open up ways for initiative and was overly centralized.

Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind.

I say again that I am an atheist. I do not believe in God.

People, human beings with all their creative diversity, are the makers of history.

The world will not accept dictatorship or domination.