Mikhail Gorbachev

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.

If current technological processes continue without change, the environment will change, and we, the human species, will either have to mutate or even die, to disappear, as many species have disappeared.

Democracy must learn to defend itself.

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.’

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

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

I don’t regret anything. I did everything absolutely correctly.

Libertarian socialism, furthermore, does not limit its aims to democratic control by producers over production, but seeks to abolish all forms of domination and hierarchy in every aspect of social and personal life, an unending struggle…

There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.

If inflation continues to soar, you’re going to have to work like a dog just to live like one.

If someone was watching this from Mars, they’d collapse in ridicule. The United States is telling Iran to stop its aggressive militarism? I mean we occupy two countries on their border…

If a prospective Presidential approach can’t be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn’t been thought through well enough. If not well understood by the American people, it probably won’t “sail” anyway. Send it back for further thought.

For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.

You know what uranium is, right? This thing called nuclear weapons like lots of things are done with uranium including some bad things.

We have before us the examples of the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. We must remember how long these required to achieve their union. When a solid foundation is laid, if the mason is able and his materials good, a strong house can be built.

Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers’ cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism.

If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.

I myself know some people who are gay. We’re on friendly terms. I’m not prejudiced in any way.

This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.