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" I say again that I am an atheist. I do not believe in God. "

Mikhail Gorbachev

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" 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. "

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" I couldn't wait to get to the most powerful position, because I thought then I would be able to fix problems that only the leader can fix. But when I got there, I realized we needed revolutionary change. "

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" 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. "

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" Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. "

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" Political leaders still think things can be done through force, but that cannot solve terrorism. Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is what we have to fight. "

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" The world will not accept dictatorship or domination. "

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