We 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.

I paid too heavy a price for perestroika.

God has given us enough wisdom to make improvements in our relations.

More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life.

I believe, as Lenin said, that this revolutionary chaos may yet crystallize into new forms of life.

The opponents of perestroika had suffered a defeat, and then they organized the coup.

Sometimes its difficult to accept, to recognise ones own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that.