My Goal Was To Avoid Bloodshed. But

The Time Has Come To Choose A New Direction Of Global Development, To Opt For A New Civilization.

The Time Has Come To Develop Integrated Global Policies.

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.

What We're Talking About Is Creating New Forms Of Life On The Basis Of New Values.

Communist Ideology In Its Pure Form Is Akin To Christianity. Its Main Ideas Are The Brotherhood Of All Peoples Irrespective Of Their Nationality, Justice And Equality, Peace, And An End To All Hostility Between Peoples.