We must speak more clearly about sexuality, contraception, about abortion, about values that control population, because the ecological crisis, in short, is the population crisis. Cut the population by 90% and there aren't enough people left to do a great deal of ecological damage.
Mikhail GorbachevFurther global progress is now possible only through a quest for universal consensus in the movement towards a new world order.
Mikhail GorbachevWomen prevent the threads of life from being broken. The finest minds have always understood the peacemaking role of women.
Mikhail GorbachevThe time has come to choose a new direction of global development, to opt for a new civilization.
Mikhail GorbachevWe are beginning to see practical support. And this is a very significant sign of the movement towards a new era, a new age.... We see both in our country and elsewhere... ghosts of the old thinking.... When we rid ourselves of their presence, we will be better able to move toward a new world order...relying on the relevent mechanisms of the United Nations.
Mikhail Gorbachev