We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs.

My goal was to avoid bloodshed. But unfortunately there was some bloodshed, after all.

Our rockets can find Halley's comet, and fly to Venus with amazing accuracy, but side by side with these scientific and technical triumphs is an obvious lack of efficiency in using scientific achievements for economic needs. Many Soviet household appliances are of poor quality.

I'm still committed to the socialist idea because the socialist idea, correctly understood, includes the principles of freedom and social justice. It also includes the recognition of the value of democracy. When we speak about social justice, it means that freedom should be used not only in the interest of profit but also in the interest of the advancement of the people who create all values.

You are fortunate to live here. If I were your President, I would levy a tax on you for living in San Francisco!

It will be difficult, even painful, but democracy will prevail in Russia. There will be no dictatorship, although relapses into authoritarianism are possible.

We need a new system of values, a system of the organic unity between humankind and nature and the ethic of global responsibility.