Mikhail Gorbachev:

The biggest mistake was that I did not go to the people and explain everything.

— Mikhail Gorbachev Contemporary

Last Soviet leader, glasnost

Interview reflecting on the collapse of the USSR

2011

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"I want to live in a world where there is no war, no poverty, no hunger."

"The main thing is to trust the people. To give them freedom. To let them decide."

"I like to talk. I'm a talker. I love to talk."

"Perestroika was not a betrayal of socialism. It was its salvation."

"I am not afraid of difficulties. I am afraid of stagnation."