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.

The model of the consumer society is something that will one day end. My personal view is that too much consumption is wrong.

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

I believe in the cosmos. All of us are linked to the cosmos. So nature is my god. To me, nature is sacred. Trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals. Being at one with nature.

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

Every part of our program of perestroika - and the program as a whole, for that matter - is fully based on the principle of more socialism and more democracy.

An awareness of the need for some kind of global government is gaining ground, one in which all members of the world community would take part.