Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.
Mikhail GorbachevPeople, human beings with all their creative diversity, are the makers of history.
Mikhail GorbachevPolitical leaders still think things can be done through force, but that cannot solve terrorism. Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is what we have to fight.
Mikhail GorbachevGlobalization was supposed to break down barriers between continents and bring all peoples together. But what kind of globalization do we have with over one billion people on the planet not having safe water to drink?
Mikhail Gorbachev