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In our discussions here at the forum there was no trace of the futile debate about what is better, capitalism or socialism...We should seek a synthesis of ideas and values that have proven their viability.

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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I certainly wouldn't say that we loved the arms race. Trillions of dollars were used to stoke it. For our economy, which was smaller in size than the American economy, it was a burden. But one cannot agree with the statement that the arms race played the key role in the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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The forests of Russia and Brazil are the lungs of the Earth.
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Contemporary social democracy is what I believe is the right concept.
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History punishes those that come late to it.
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I began to feel the desire for something more I wanted to do something to make things better.
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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.
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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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The world will not accept dictatorship or domination.
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Dangers await only those who do not react to life.
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The phenomenon of UFOs does exist, and it must be treated seriously.
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Putin wants to stay in power, but not so that he can finally solve our most pressing problems: education, health care, poverty.
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Globalization was supposed to break down barriers between continents and bring all peoples together. But what kind of globalization do we have with over one billion people on the planet not having safe water to drink?
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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.
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Those who are late will be punished by life itself.
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I believe in the cosmos. All of us are linked to the cosmos.
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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.
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I believe, as Lenin said, that this revolutionary chaos may yet crystallize into new forms of life.
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Today, peace means the ascent from simple coexistence to cooperation and common creativity among countries and nations.
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