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

~ Mikhail Gorbachev

I believe in the cosmos. All of us are linked to the cosmos.

~ Mikhail Gorbachev

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.

~ Mikhail Gorbachev

If not me, who? And if not now, when?

~ Mikhail Gorbachev