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Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: March 2
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My goal was to avoid bloodshed. But unfortunately there was some bloodshed, after all.
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I paid too heavy a price for perestroika.
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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.
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Sometimes its difficult to accept, to recognise ones own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that.
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A new world order is taking shape so fast that governments as well as private citizens find it difficult just to absorb the gallop of events.
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Americans have a severe disease - worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex.
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Sometimes people ask me why I began perestroika. Were the causes basically domestic or foreign? The domestic reasons were undoubtedly the main ones, but the danger of nuclear war was so serious that it was a no less significant factor.
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I believe in the cosmos. All of us are linked to the cosmos.
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You are fortunate to live here. If I were your President, I would levy a tax on you for living in San Francisco!
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To me, nature is sacred. Trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals.
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