It will not be enough to rely on experts. Ordinary citizens must become experts too. It will take public opinion on a wide scale to ensure that world leaders act.

The human race has entered a stage where we are all dependent on each other. No other country or nation should be regarded in total separation from another, let alone pitted against another.

I paid too heavy a price for perestroika.

Putin wants to stay in power, but not so that he can finally solve our most pressing problems: education, health care, poverty.

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

America has a right to be a leader. This leadership should be realized through partnership, not domination.

We need a new environmental consciousness on a global basis. To do this, we need to educate people.