We Need A New Environmental Consciousness On

It Will Be Difficult, Even Painful, But Democracy Will Prevail In Russia. There Will Be No Dictatorship, Although Relapses Into Authoritarianism Are Possible.

New Approaches Are Needed, New Orientations In Both Thought And Action. We Must Make The Transition To A New Civilization...we Are Talking Of A Transition Toward A New Civilization. No One Knows What It Will Be Like. What Is Important Is To Orient In That Direction... I Am Convinced That A New Civilization Will Inevitably Take On Certain Features That Are Characteristic Of, Or Inherent In, The Socialist Ideal.

Please Remember One Lesson Of The 20th Century. One Cannot Force Happiness, Impose Happiness On Nations By Imposing Any Kind Of Utopia On Others. The Communist Model Of Society Was A Kind Of Imposed Utopia For Which The Russian People In Particular Paid A Great Price. Still, Sometimes We See That Attempts Are Being Made To Impose Some Other Kind Of Model On The Entire World - Maybe A Westernized Or Americanized Model... This Is Not The Way To Go Because This Can Only Create Conflict.

It Is Better To See Once Than To Hear A Hundred Times.

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.