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I couldn't wait to get to the most powerful position, because I thought then I would be able to fix problems that only the leader can fix. But when I got there, I realized we needed revolutionary change.

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We could only solve our problems by cooperating with other countries. It would have been paradoxical not to cooperate. And therefore we needed to put an end to the Iron Curtain, to change the nature of international relations, to rid them of ideological confrontation, and particularly to end the arms race.

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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.

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If not me, who? And if not now, when?

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Imagine a country that flies into space, launches Sputniks, creates such a defense system, and it can't resolve the problem of women's pantyhose. There's no toothpaste, no soap powder, not the basic necessities of life. It was incredible and humiliating to work in such a government.

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There should be competition and exchanges between different countries, but there are certainly certain universal values, and that is freedom and democracy.

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Sometimes it's difficult to accept, to recognise one's own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that.

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I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal.

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A society should never become like a pond with stagnant water, without movement. That's the most important thing.

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The world will not accept dictatorship or domination.

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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Statesman

Born: March 2nd, 1931

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