I say again that I am an atheist. I do not believe in God.

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

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

When future generations judge those who came before them on environmental issues, they may conclude "they didn't know": let us not go down in history as the generations who knew, but didn't care

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

Sometimes when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face.

Humankind has no option but to protect and live in harmony with its natural environment. However, it would be regrettable if in putting an end to revolutionary extremism, we should then come to environmental extremism. We should not forget that all extremes are the same.