Mikhail S. Gorbachev Quotes

Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting off the heads. So the Soviets must use their teeth to pull them out.

Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.

I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal.

If people don't like Marxism, they should blame the British Museum.

It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction.

Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind.

More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life.

My life's work has been accomplished. I did all that I could.

Our enemy sees us clearly. They will not start a war. They're worried about one thing: If democracy develops here, if we succeed, we will win.

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

Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth.

The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism. If it leads to improving the well-being of the people there is no contradiction with socialism.

The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization.

The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.

What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars.

Without glasnost there is not, and there cannot be, democratism, the political creativity of the masses and their participation in management.