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" 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.' "

Mikhail Gorbachev

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" Imagine a country that flies into space, launches Sputniks, creates such a defense system, and it can't resolve the problem of women's pantyhose. There's no toothpaste, no soap powder, not the basic necessities of life. It was incredible and humiliating to work in such a government. "

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" I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal. "

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" The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy. "

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" Sometimes when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face. "

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

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

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" Sometimes it's difficult to accept, to recognise one's own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that. "

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" What about Jesus Christ? I say that he was a precursor of idealists; a precursor of socialists. "

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" The world will not accept dictatorship or domination. "

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" We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs. "

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" The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism. If it leads to improving the well-being of the people there is no contradiction with socialism. "

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" 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. "

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" It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction. "

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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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" Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind. "

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

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" My life's work has been accomplished. I did all that I could. "

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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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" On the day I became Soviet leader, in March 1985, I had a special meeting with the leaders of the Warsaw Pact countries and told them: 'You are independent, and we are independent. You are responsible for your policies, we are responsible for ours. We will not intervene in your affairs, I promise you.' "

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" I think we need more young people; we need to elect young people to government. We need to give them a chance, in the media, in politics, in democracy. "

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" I paid too heavy a price for perestroika. "

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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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" If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today. "

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

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" Starting reforms in the Soviet Union was only possible from above, only from above. Any attempt to go from below was suppressed, suppressed in a most resolute way. "

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