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It Seems That The Most Important Thing About Reagan Was His Anti-communism And His Reputation As A Hawk Who Saw The Soviet Union As An 'evil Empire.'

Though Representatives Of Many Ethnic Groups Came Together In The United States, English Became Their Common Language. Apparently, This Was A Natural Choice. One Can Imagine What Would Have Happened If Members Of Each Nation Moving To The U.s. Had Spoken Only Their Own Tongues And Refused To Learn English.

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.

The Emerging 'environmentalization' Of Our Civilization And The Need For Vigorous Action In The Interest Of The Entire Global Community Will Inevitably Have Multiple Political Consequences. Perhaps The Most Important Of Them Will Be A Gradual Change In The Status Of The United Nations. Inevitably, It Must Assume Some Aspects Of A World Government.

It Will Be Difficult, Even Painful, But Democracy Will Prevail In Russia. There Will Be No Dictatorship, Although Relapses Into Authoritarianism Are Possible.