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

Life punishes those who come too late.

We must treat water as if it were the most precious thing in the world, the most valuable natural resource. Be economical with water! Don't waste it! We still have time to do something about this problem before it is too late.

We had 10 years after the Cold War to build a new world order and yet we squandered them. The United States cannot tolerate anyone acting independently. Every US president has to have a war.

No one, no single center, can today command the world. No single group of countries can do it. Under the current U.S. president, I don't think we can fundamentally change the situation as it is developing now. It is dangerous. The world is experiencing a period of growing global disarray.

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

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