203 Quotes by Mikhail Gorbachev

My goal was to avoid bloodshed. But unfortunately there was some bloodshed, after all.

We must treat water as if it were the most precious thing in the world, the most valuable natural resource. Be economical with water! Don't waste it! We still have time to do something about this problem before it is too late.

Putin wants to stay in power, but not so that he can finally solve our most pressing problems: education, health care, poverty.

Contemporary social democracy is what I believe is the right concept.

Even today, a majority of people surveyed say that they regret the fact that the USSR collapsed. But only 9 percent say that they would want it back.

I began to feel the desire for something more; I wanted to do something to make things better.

In Russia, there are those who make their money in criminal ways, but I earn everything myself.

Politics is my second love, next to my love for Raisa [Gorbacheva].

The opponents of perestroika had suffered a defeat, and then they organized the coup.