Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I don't think Russia is setting this as a goal; I don't think this should be Russia's goal. I think even the United States doesn't need to be a superpower. China doesn't need to be a superpower. It's a different world.”

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

“I grew up in a family of peasants, and it was there that I saw the way that, for example, our wheat fields suffered as a result of dust storms, water erosion and wind erosion; I saw the effect of that on life - on human life.”

“If people don't like Marxism, they should blame the British Museum.”

“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.'”

“The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization.”

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

“I paid too heavy a price for perestroika.”

“You cannot put Russia down on its knees and hold it there because Russia will ultimately pull out.”

“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.”