The World Will Not Accept Dictatorship Or

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.

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.

In Russia, There Are Those Who Make Their Money In Criminal Ways, But I Earn Everything Myself.

Dangers Await Only Those Who Do Not React To Life.

Democracy Must Learn To Defend Itself.