I Envisage The Prinicles Of The Earth

The Soviet People Want Full-blooded And Unconditional Democracy.

Nature Is Reminding Us That It Used To Exist Without Human Beings.

Our Rockets Can Find Halley's Comet, And Fly To Venus With Amazing Accuracy, But Side By Side With These Scientific And Technical Triumphs Is An Obvious Lack Of Efficiency In Using Scientific Achievements For Economic Needs. Many Soviet Household Appliances Are Of Poor Quality.

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.

I Am An Optimist And I Believe That Together We Shall Be Able Now To Make The Right Historical Choice So As Not To Miss The Great Chance At The Turn Of Centuries And Millenia And Make The Current Extremely Difficult Transition To A Peaceful World Order.