Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes

Biography: Mikhail Gorbachev is known for being the last leader of the Soviet Uni... more Biography: Mikhail Gorbachev is known for being the last leader of the Soviet Union, serving as General Secretary from 1985 to 1991. He implemented significant reforms such as glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring), which ultimately contributed to the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. less

"To sit back and do nothing is to cooperate with the oppressor""Every country can solve its problems only together with others""We need trust in the dialogue between citizens and their government""Our task is not to arm ourselves, but to disarm ourselves""History teaches us, however, that when the aspirations of a nation coincide with a progressive movement, this strengthens the nation and gives it a new breath of life""The true test of a leader is how well he functions in a crisis""Sometimes what is right seems wrong, and what is wrong seems right""We are going through a major transformation both in our consciousness as human beings and in our perceptions of the world""We need an end to the cold war and global competition with arms as its focus""It is better to be ill and cared for than healthy and neglected""If people don't like Marxism, they should blame the British Museum""Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity""Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.""The environment is everyone's responsibility.""A society should never become like a pond with stagnant water, without movement. That's the most important thing.""We could only solve our problems by cooperating with other countries. It would have been paradoxical not to cooperate.""It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction.""The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization.""The most puzzling development in politics during the last decade is the apparent determination of Western European leaders to re-create the Soviet Union in Western Europe.""More socialism means more democracy, openness, and collectivism in everyday life."

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