In our discussions here at the forum there was no trace of the futile debate about what is better, capitalism or socialism...We should seek a synthesis of ideas and values that have proven their viability.

Life punishes those who come too late.

Without perestroika, the cold war simply would not have ended. But the world could not continue developing as it had, with the stark menace of nuclear war ever present.

Lake Baikal in Russia has 25 percent of the freshwater resources of the world. Sixty-five percent of the Russian ecosystems are in danger. So let's preserve what we have, and let's take good care of nature.

A new world order is taking shape so fast that governments as well as private citizens find it difficult just to absorb the gallop of events.

I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal.

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.