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.
Mikhail GorbachevAmerica has a right to be a leader. This leadership should be realized through partnership, not domination.
Mikhail GorbachevAn 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.
Mikhail GorbachevWith Yeltsin, the Soviet Union broke apart, the country was totally mismanaged, the constitution was not respected by the regions of Russia. The army, education and health systems collapsed. People in the West quietly applauded, dancing with and around Yeltsin. I conclude therefore that we should not pay too much attention to what the West is saying.
Mikhail Gorbachev