Never Abandon My Convictions
I made a final and irrevocable decision. No pressure from left or right will make me abandon perestroika.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Last General Secretary and first President of the USSR, initiator of perestroika and glasnost, Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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Without glasnost, nothing would have happened. Transparency is the foundation of reform.
- Pain of Choice — Mikhail Gorbachev
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was my tragedy. But I believed it was necessary for the people's good.
- Inevitability of History's Course — Mikhail Gorbachev
History demands change. This is not my choice—it is the law of social development.
- Truth About the Past — Mikhail Gorbachev
People must know the truth about their history. Without this, there is no future.
- New Thinking in Politics — Mikhail Gorbachev
We proposed new thinking in foreign policy. This was not a compromise but a necessity.
- Revolution of Meanings — Mikhail Gorbachev
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