Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes About Democracy

Quotes about: Democracy

• Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are primarily for outward consumption. There will be no significant internal changes in the Soviet Union, other than for cosmetic purposes. Our purpose is to disarm the Americans and let them fall asleep.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Fall, Years, Nwo

• 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.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Teacher, America, Democracy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• It will be difficult, even painful, but democracy will prevail in Russia. There will be no dictatorship, although relapses into authoritarianism are possible.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Russia, Democracy, Painful

  "'They Were Truly Idiots'". Interview with Matthias Schepp and Christian Neef, www.spiegel.de. August 16, 2011.

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

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Unconditional Love, People, Democracy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• According to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible.... The essence of perestroika lies in the fact that it unites socialism with democracy and revives the Leninist concept of socialist construction both in theory and in practice. We want more socialism and, therefore, more democracy.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Lying, Essence, Practice

• What happened to the Soviet Union happened mainly for domestic reasons. It was a failure of the model based on a command economy and dictatorship. The rejection of freedom and democracy, the decisionmaking monopoly of one party, and the monopoly of one ideology all had a chilling effect on the country. That model turned out to be incapable of making structural changes. It did not open up ways for initiative and was overly centralized.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Country, Party, Rejection

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. November 12, 2003.

• The human race has entered a stage where we are all dependent on each other. No other country or nation should be regarded in total separation from another, let alone pitted against another.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Country, Freedom, Race

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

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Believe, Democracy, Social

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. November 12, 2003.

• Every part of our program of perestroika - and the program as a whole, for that matter - is fully based on the principle of more socialism and more democracy.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Historical, Democracy, Principles

• We are beginning to see practical support. And this is a very significant sign of the movement towards a new era, a new age.... We see both in our country and elsewhere... ghosts of the old thinking.... When we rid ourselves of their presence, we will be better able to move toward a new world order...relying on the relevent mechanisms of the United Nations.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Country, Money, Moving

• More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Mean, Eugenics, Everyday

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• Democracy must learn to defend itself.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Democracy

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Organization, Air, Democracy

  Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev (1987). “Toward a better world”, Vintage

• I'm still committed to the socialist idea because the socialist idea, correctly understood, includes the principles of freedom and social justice. It also includes the recognition of the value of democracy. When we speak about social justice, it means that freedom should be used not only in the interest of profit but also in the interest of the advancement of the people who create all values.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Mean, Ideas, Justice

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. November 12, 2003.

• In effect, according to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible. By gaining democratic freedoms the working masses come to power.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Democracy, Socialism, Mass

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