Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes

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

Life, Jesus, Mankind

It would be naive to think that the problems plaguing mankind today can be solved with means and methods which were applied or seemed to work in the past.
Mikhail Gorbachev

Work, Today, Past

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

May, Goal, Communist

If not me, who? And if not now, when?
Mikhail Gorbachev

What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars.
Mikhail Gorbachev

Peace, Star, Wars

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

Blame, British, Museum

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

Plans, Argue, Mutual

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

Life, Live, Democracy

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

Someone, Cannot, Sometimes

The world will not accept dictatorship or domination.
Mikhail Gorbachev

Accept, Domination

America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the world to reach the American living standard.
Mikhail Gorbachev

Society, Teacher, Democracy

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.
Mikhail Gorbachev

Great, God, Wisdom

Democracy must learn to defend itself.
Mikhail Gorbachev

Democracy, Learn, Defend

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

Life, May, Said

If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.
Mikhail Gorbachev

Today, Done, Big

It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti-Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire.'
Mikhail Gorbachev

Important, Evil, Union

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

Life, Democracy, Means

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

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

Capitalism, Market, Invention

The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.
Mikhail Gorbachev

Democracy, Soviet

We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs.
Mikhail Gorbachev

Philosophy, Anyone, Nor

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.
Mikhail Gorbachev

Off, United, Driving

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.
Mikhail Gorbachev

Socialism, Capitalism, Market

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Type: Statesman

Born: March 2, 1931

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