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I think the United States is sick. It suffers from the sickness, the disease of being the victor and it needs to cure itself from this disease.

Mikhail Gorbachev

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Mikhail Gorbachev
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: March 2
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Former General Secretary Of The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union
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