Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes

According to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible.... The essence of perestroika lies in the fact that it unites socialism with democracy and revives the Leninist concept of socialist construction both in theory and in practice. We want more socialism and, therefore, more democracy.

Mikhail Gorbachev

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  Mikhail Gorbachev
  • Democracy
  • Socialism
  • Concepts