Political leaders still think things can be done through force, but that cannot solve terrorism. Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is what we have to fight.

Though representatives of many ethnic groups came together in the United States, English became their common language. Apparently, this was a natural choice. One can imagine what would have happened if members of each nation moving to the U.S. had spoken only their own tongues and refused to learn English.

The time has come to choose a new direction of global development, to opt for a new civilization.

Further global progress is now possible only through a quest for universal consensus in the movement towards a new world order.

The threat of environmental crisis is the 'international disaster key' to unlock the New World Order.

Politics is my second love, next to my love for Raisa [Gorbacheva].

Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are primarily for outward consumption. There will be no significant internal changes in the Soviet Union, other than for cosmetic purposes. Our purpose is to disarm the Americans and let them fall asleep.