The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.

The world's deteriorating ecology poses as great a danger to mankind today as did the nuclear standoff between the superpowers at the height of the Cold War.

Women prevent the threads of life from being broken. The finest minds have always understood the peacemaking role of women.

The time has come to choose a new direction of global development, to opt for a new civilization.

We used to have just one criterion and that was profit, and then another criterion was added - social welfare. Now we have to add the third important criterion, and that is nature and the environment.

I am an optimist and I believe that together we shall be able now to make the right historical choice so as not to miss the great chance at the turn of centuries and millenia and make the current extremely difficult transition to a peaceful world order.

The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.