History Punishes Those That Come Late To

My Goal Was To Avoid Bloodshed. But Unfortunately There Was Some Bloodshed, After All.

Political Leaders Still Think Things Can Be Done Through Force, But That Cannot Solve Terrorism. Backwardness Is The Breeding Ground Of Terror, And That Is What We Have To Fight.

Women Prevent The Threads Of Life From Being Broken. The Finest Minds Have Always Understood The Peacemaking Role Of Women.

The Threat Of A World War Is No More.

We Could Still Have Continued The Arms Race, But The Arms Race Was Pointless, And It Was Another Reason We Decided To Start Perestroika. It Was Senseless To Continue To Accumulate Weapons. We Had Enough Weapons To Destroy Life On Earth 1,000 Times, And Therefore It Was Very Clear To Us That The Arms Race Could Spiral Out Of Control. A Conflict Could Have Started, As Both The Americans And The Soviets Realized, Not Out Of A Wrong Political Decision But Because Of A Failure In The Command-and-control Systems.