Quotes from Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev. Gorbachev - aphorisms, catchphrases, phrases, sayings, sayings, quotes, thoughts with illustrations
And I warned: it’s time for our citizens to come to the conclusion that walking around so godlessly, not feeling sorry for yourself or your loved ones, is unacceptable. (About mass poisonings with surrogate vodka).
I leave you fertilized... (At a meeting with residents of another city during a trip around the country).
Now I'll go with an even bigger visor!
We've all been there. Fifty-four European countries. After, no, thirty-five, sorry, fifty-four - this is now when the Soviet Union. Thirty-five states. (At a press conference at the AiF agency, 1999).
Let me say what I said.
She needs it, so say so.
These organizations and funds (non-state) are used to calmly come here and do something with unclean hands.
As a rule, those who now have buttons are normal people. (On the current situation of nuclear energy).
How did I get into politics? He took the senior classes out to meet the water - back then it was an event! I disrupted the lesson, but the Komsomol district committee approved it.
I like Putin. Character... He turned out to be smart...
The people have already made it clear who is pulling the country back, who gave us this life.
But they are not going against us, nor are we against them; after all, we are neighbors, and let’s have a relationship because of this, in the end.
Booze was everywhere. Both in production and in departments. I know this from the work of Raisa Maksimovna. (“Results” No. 4, 1996).
Reforms must be completed by the one who started them. And I started them!
A Russian becomes frank only with a glass or a glass. The anti-alcohol campaign is over, and I can drink.
This had to be done. Take any question: property, publicity, husband and wife or woman and man. All this and everything we touched on is Gorbachev’s fault for everything. And it was impossible to remain like this. (“Hero of the day without a tie”, NTV, 1998).
In this case I am with Jesus Christ. He was our first socialist. There's nothing you can do about it.
I will answer you in Gorbachev’s way. You know this is going to be more complicated than the simple answer. ("AiF" No. 19, 1998).
I think that if Chernenko did not exist, he would have to be invented.
I suggested, as is traditional, to drink to the women: to the very young, to the young, to the mature. But during the toast, in order to prevent women from gaining power, he suggested making them all happy.
Stalin is a man covered in blood. I saw his resolutions, which he signed in batches together with Molotov, Voroshilov, Kaganovich and Zhdanov. This top five was proactive. (Program “Times” by Vladimir Pozner).
How will he shape those who will govern Russia?
Today we are hostages of one person, the president, who has all the power, and he, not only Yeltsin due to his characteristics, but also someone else, perhaps except Jesus Christ, cannot cope with super-presidential responsibilities.
We've been there before, for pizza, but now we went again - for the video. My family, Raisa Maksimovna, were against it. But I went.
This had to be done. Take any issue: property, publicity, husband and wife, or woman and man. All this and everything we touched on is Gorbachev’s fault for everything. And it was impossible to remain like this.
You have to hold on to power wisely.
I say [about Yavlinsky] what I think. In the same way, when they say about me what they think, and without even thinking, they say. Why can’t I say it when I think? (at a press conference on January 21, 1998)
And, frankly speaking, they expected that the developed West would carry us in its arms. No! This is an illusion, a utopia, no one will carry anyone anywhere.
We have already been hardened by the situation, we know who xy really is (at a press conference on August 22, 1991).
Volodya [Zhirinovsky], you and I know who the most corrupt deputies in the Duma are.
Zyuganov, as a theorist, wanders in all directions.
Some citizens believe that we need a strong person, because we are all in big shit (regarding the election of V.V. Putin as President of the Russian Federation).
GORBACHEV, Mikhail Sergeevich
(b. 1931), General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, President of the USSR
696 Activate the human factor.
Gorbachev, 2:155
697...Practical restructuring of the work and upper echelons of economic management should begin.
Gorbachev, 2:158
“Perestroika” – cap. articles by Otto Latsis (Izvestia, July 24, 1985). “Perestroika” became a designation for the course towards radical reforms no earlier than 1986? Gorbachev, 2:92, 158, 257, 269, 308.
This concept entered the Russian political language at the turn of the 1850s–60s, for example: “In the social order there are perestroikas, and not rebuilding everything all over again as if nothing had happened before” (A. V. Nikitenko, “Diary ", 17 Oct. 1861). ? Dept. ed. – M., 1955, vol. 2, p. 229. In the USSR, “socialist perestroika” (or simply “perestroika”) has been a slogan since the late 1920s.
? “The whole country is striving for perestroika...” (Ch-29).
698 New political thinking.
According to Fyodor Burlatsky, the phrase “new thinking” first appeared in his articles and books. ? Burlatsky F. M. Russian sovereigns: The era of reformation. – M., 1996, p. 203 (ch. 7).
699 Nuclear-free world.
Message to the mayors of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, February 13. 1986? Gorbachev, 3:172
70°C acceleration strategy.
Political report to the XXVII Congress of the CPSU February 25. 1986? Gorbachev, 3:199
Earlier formulations: “line of acceleration” (speech at the plenum of the Central Committee on March 11, 1985), “concept of acceleration,” “course of acceleration.”
701 * Learn democracy.
The slogan arose from Gorbachev’s statements in 1986–1987: “At the June plenum of the Central Committee it was said: we all, comrades, must learn to work in conditions of expanding democracy” (speech in Krasnoyarsk on September 18, 1986); “...I already advised six months ago: start learning to work in the conditions of an expanding democracy. Let's all learn!" (final speech at the plenum of the Central Committee on January 28, 1987). ? Gorbachev, 4:98, 359. However, in Gorbachev's published report to the plenum of the Central Committee on June 16, 1986, there is no wording to which he refers here.
In the 1930s the slogan “Learn Leninism” was in use (from Stalin’s speech at the First Congress of Collective Farmers on February 19, 1933), in the post-Stalin era - “Learn communism” (? L-263).
702 The process has begun.
A common phrase in conversations “with people” while traveling around the country (since 1986).
703 * More democracy, more socialism.
A slogan that arose from Gorbachev’s statements: “...We need more dynamism, more social justice, more democracy - in a word, more socialism” (speech at the Csepel Factory in Budapest on June 9, 1986); “We want more socialism and therefore more democracy” (at a meeting with participants of the forum “For a nuclear-free world...” on February 16, 1987). ? Gorbachev, 3:402; 4:379.
704 Democracy is not permissiveness.
Gorbachev, 4:98
Repeatedly repeated in later speeches.
705 The responsibility for preserving and strengthening our common “European home” is growing.
They had talked about a “common European home” in the USSR before. ? Quotes from Russian. history, p. 69.
706…Priority<…>universal human values over the interests of one class or another.
Gorbachev, 4:164
Gorbachev attributed this idea to Lenin - probably for tactical reasons, since for Lenin it was unacceptable. The “universal human interest” was discussed in The Holy Family by Marx and Engels (1845). ? Marx – Engels, 2:145.
707 Start restructuring with yourself.
Gorbachev, 4:315
708 In Soviet society there should be no zones closed to criticism.
Hence: “There are no zones closed to criticism.”
709 The era of stagnation.
As a designation for the Brezhnev era, it goes back to Gorbachev’s report at the plenum of the Central Committee on January 27. 1987. It spoke about the “ideology and psychology of stagnation”, about “intransigence towards stagnation”, that “perestroika is a decisive overcoming of stagnant processes.” ? Gorbachev, 4:306; 6:12.
Expressions of this kind were not uncommon in Russian journalism of the 2nd half. 1850s
710 There is no alternative to perestroika.
Speech at a meeting with media executives 11 Feb. 1987
Gorbachev, 4:358
Usually quoted: “There is no alternative to perestroika.”
711 Live and work<…>according to conscience.
Performance 11 Feb. 1987? Gorbachev, 4:369
? “Live and work communistically” (An-244).
712 And that's right.
From oral presentations, since the late 1980s.
713 Superintendents of perestroika.
Quotes from the 1930s: “the great master of the socialist restructuring of our land - Comrade. Stalin" (speech by L.M. Kaganovich at the First Congress of Collective Farmers, 15 February 1933) ("Pravda", 16 February); “the great foreman of socialist construction” (the title of a number of articles about V.V. Kuibyshev, December 1934).
Wed. also: “Foremen of the Spirit” - a poem by A. Voznesensky (1984) and cap. his journalistic book (1984).
714 * They are trying to give us a lift.
Since 1987 - the usual phrase, for example: “They want to throw values at us through humanitarian ties that are unacceptable to us” (at a meeting with representatives of the French public on September 29, 1987); “Someone is giving us ideas about constructive opposition” (concluding speech at the First Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR on June 9, 1989). ? Gorbachev, 5:308; I People's Congress Deputies, 3:253.
715 If Americans have a lot of money, let them spend it on SDI. We will look for the answer in other, asymmetric directions<…>.
Hence: “Asymmetrical response.”
716 Comrades, let's decide.
A common phrase as a presiding officer, e.g. June 9, 1989 at the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR. ? I People's Congress Deputies, 3:325.
The phrase "who is hu" (from English: "Who is who") existed before, but is usually associated with Gorbachev: "Who is hu, as Gorbachev said." ? Izvestia, August 23 1991, Moscow. evening vol., p. 1.
718 I returned to another country.
Gorbachev M. S. Life and reforms. – M., 1995, vol. 2, p. 575 (ch. 43)
“Gorbachev returned to another country. Does he understand this? - cap. articles by Otto Latsis. ? Izvestia, August 23 1991, Moscow. evening vol., p. 2. “And the parliament returned to another country,” Izvestia headline dated August 25.
Hence: “return to another country” as a turn of political language. ? “waking up in another country” (Ch-191).
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MOSCOW, March 1 – RIA Novosti (Crimea). On March 2, the only president of the USSR and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Mikhail Gorbachev, celebrates his 85th birthday. The most significant and controversial statements of the world-famous reformer in the RIA Novosti material.
About the essence of perestroika
“Everyone in his place must do (his job) conscientiously (and) honestly, that’s what perestroika is all about! Otherwise everyone says, “What is perestroika?”, “What is perestroika?” Doing your job honestly is the main perestroika!
On April 23, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev announced the start of a reform program under the slogan of “accelerating the socio-economic development of the country,” later called “perestroika” from Gorbachev himself. The CPSU Central Committee is changing the party program: instead of “building communism,” it is now “improving socialism.” A policy of openness is announced in the country, private enterprise is legitimized, and “New Thinking” is proclaimed in foreign policy. According to many, it was these revolutionary changes that became the impetus for the beginning of the collapse of the USSR, while at the same time Gorbachev himself always stated that the transformations were inevitable.
“This had to go through. Take any issue: property, glasnost, husband and wife, or woman and man. All of this and everything that we touched on - Gorbachev is to blame for everything. But it was impossible to remain like this,” the politician said in broadcast of the program “Hero of the Day Without a Tie” in 1998.
About the anti-alcohol company
“And I warned: it’s time for our citizens to come to the conclusion that walking around so godlessly, not feeling sorry for yourself or your loved ones, is unacceptable.
On May 7, 1985, the Resolution of the CPSU Central Committee “On measures to overcome drunkenness and alcoholism” and Resolution of the USSR Council of Ministers No. 410 “On measures to overcome drunkenness and alcoholism, the eradication of moonshine” were published, marking the beginning of the anti-alcohol campaign in the country. As a result of the restrictive measures taken, alcohol consumption decreased, but at the same time the production of a surrogate product sharply increased, which led to cases of mass poisoning - they drank cologne, pharmaceutical tinctures and, in general, any alcohol-containing liquid. However, and critics of the anti-alcohol campaign often forget about this, it was during this period that mortality in the country began to decline and life expectancy to increase.
Later, in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev admitted that the anti-alcohol campaign was carried out “with overlaps” and mistakes: I believe that the anti-alcohol campaign was still a mistake in the way it was carried out. This overlaps with the closure of stores, especially in Moscow. Huge queues.<…>It was necessary to conduct not a campaign, but a systematic long-term fight against alcoholism. Sobering up society cannot be done in a rush. This takes years."
On the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan
“The fact that we sent our troops into Afghanistan was a political mistake associated with the ideological approach to international politics that the Soviet Union professed in those years. An attempt to impose someone else’s model of society on a country with deep traditions is always doomed to failure,” he said first president of the USSR in 2004.
About the fall of the Berlin Wall: “In general, what was ripening under the roof of the Cold War and was soon called globalization broke through - figuratively speaking - through the rubble of the Berlin Wall into new spaces, acquired additional speed, a new scope. A new international system began to form... And how we organize it and manage its driving forces is another story, the end of which is not yet in sight. The elimination of the Berlin Wall has fulfilled its role... and in a timely manner," Mikhail Gorbachev wrote in an article for the Financial Times Deutschland in 2004.
About the world after the Cold War
“The collapse of the Soviet Union, its departure from the world political arena immediately changed the entire situation in the world, the balance of power, and many were tempted to fish in troubled waters. The fact is that the world did not take advantage of the chances that perestroika, new thinking, the end opened up.” Cold War,” everyone is to blame,” Gorbachev said at the conference “Perestroika. 20 Years Later” in 2004.
On US policy after the Cold War
“The Cold War is over, together we ended it, and this is a common victory for all peoples. And the Americans say: “How so? We won! We won! We won, we won the Cold War. We!” - this is how the first president of the USSR emotionally spoke about the American attitude towards the end of the Cold War in an interview with RT.
“To hell with you, enjoy it if you want, so to speak. But it turns out that since the Americans won, they draw a conclusion and publicly say: “We don’t need to change anything. We have won, the world is at our feet. Why do we need to change anything? Nothing needs to be changed. We are pursuing the right policy." And the most extreme thing, so to speak, is that they began to propose a new super-empire, a super-empire. America wants to rule the world ball."
“You can reach an agreement if there is faith, trust in each other. There was trust, and we succeeded. And then this empire. The Americans got lost. Any attempts to create a one-sided, unipolar world are nonsense, this is nonsense.”
About the crisis in Ukraine and the American media: “This is the American way - to shift responsibility. The press will provide everything. They will prove who knows what. They will prove that the devil jumped out of the snuffbox, if necessary,” this is how Gorbachev answered the presenter’s question RT Sofiko Shevardnadze, why the United States is shifting all responsibility for resolving the Ukrainian crisis to Russia.
About the "third world war"
“Many people believe, and here I am close to them, that a civil war is already underway. The Third World War is already underway.
They're already shooting. And nuclear. Weapons of mass destruction are being used. A colossal increase in expenses and money for weapons. Everything that then led us to the point where we were on the edge of the abyss is being repeated...” Gorbachev said on the REN-TV channel on the eve of his 85th birthday.
About the main achievement of his political career
"Perestroika. And everything connected with it.<…>Despite the fact that it was cut short, it was not completed... Freedom, openness, freedom to travel abroad, freedom of religion.<…>Finally, weapons. People just sighed. Everyone, generally speaking, all over the world, especially in the developed world, in Europe and America, was digging shelters from a nuclear war, which could break out at any moment. This was all done. Finished".
About political beliefs
“In this case, I am with Jesus Christ. He was our first socialist. There is nothing you can do about it,” this is how Mikhail Sergeevich answered a question about his political beliefs in an interview with the “Itogi” program in 1997.
Today, Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, a Soviet and Russian state, political and public figure on a global scale, celebrates his 85th birthday. The last General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee. The last Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the first Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The first and last President of the USSR. Some still furiously blame him “for the collapse of a great country,” while others are ready to bear him in their arms for the same thing. And many people remember Gorbachev for his vivid statements - sometimes ridiculous, sometimes surprisingly accurate. “Open Asia Online” has collected 15 quotes from Mikhail Sergeevich, which are still on everyone’s lips.
2. Apparently, comrades, we all need to rebuild. Everyone.
4. I say (about Yavlinsky - approx. OA) what I think. In the same way, when they say about me what they think, and without even thinking, they say. Why can’t I say it when I think?
5. Let me say what I said.
6. You need to hold on to power wisely.
7. It’s better to work tomorrow than today!
8. We have no doubt that democracy is good, but the fundamental needs of citizens must first be met. If this requires authoritarianism, I welcome such authoritarianism.
9. We have already been hardened by the situation, we know who xy really is.
11. Now I'll go with an even bigger visor ( before the 1996 presidential elections).
12. That’s why she needs to say something like that.
13. This had to be done. Take any question: property, publicity, husband and wife or woman and man. All this, and everything we touched on, Gorbachev is to blame for everything. And it was impossible to remain like this.
14. I will answer you in Gorbachev’s language. You know this is going to be more complicated than the simple answer.
A selection of statements by M. Gorbachev for the years 82-89, collected in “those same” years. In addition to pure curiosity, it can be useful for reminding and understanding the realities of those years. In today's coverage of those events, much is presented distortedly. In particular, there are two myths that relate to Gorbachev's activities.
The first myth relates to dating. Many, simplifying, argue that perestroika and subsequent events that led to the collapse of the USSR began in April 1985 - that is, from the moment of the 1st Gorbachev plenum of the CPSU. I believe (and the quotes, IMHO, confirm this) that the beginning of epochal changes, at best, can be considered January 1987, when the policy of glasnost was announced. Before this there were “acceleration” and “perestroika”, which were on a completely different formal and practical plane - in the plane of improving “developed socialism”.
However, Gorbachev’s glasnost was also conceived in the same plane. If not in the plane of “developed socialism,” then certainly in the plane of the fundamental values of socialism. Only glasnost turned out to be not Gorbachev’s...
The second myth, which Gorbachev himself supports, is that he allegedly wanted to get what happened from the very beginning. That he was supposedly almost an anti-communist, an enemy of socialism and the CPSU. That modern Russia is almost a product of his reforms. The quotes clearly show that this is completely untrue. In particular, this is why I - like many - am outraged by the awarding of Gorbachev with Russia's highest award. I am outraged not because I am a fan of the USSR, but because Gorbachev has no merit to today’s Russia (this has been written about in detail).
Quotes are grouped by topic where it makes sense. This way you can see Gorbachev’s evolution on a particular topic. Quotes related to the same topic are highlighted in background color. At the end there is a table with the same quotes, arranged calendar-wise.
Quotes are accompanied by only the most necessary comments; when quoting, only such cuts were made that did not distort the meaning of the quoted statement; the quote was cut off (for brevity) when further words were already obvious or unimportant
Abbreviations:
plenum - plenum of the CPSU Central Committee; I Congress - I Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR; II Congress - II Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR; XIX conf - XIX conference of the CPSU.
QUOTES |
EXIT DATA, COMMENT |
DATE |
| About Chernobyl 14.5.86/ protrusion on TV |
14 May 86 | |
| Polit. report to the XXVII Congress | 25 Feb 86 | |
| 15 Oct 85 | ||
| session of the Supreme Council | 2 Jul 85 | |
| Unita answers; (same topic) | 18 May 87 | |
| Kazakhstan5 (same topic) |
7 Sep 85 | |
| Far East (same topic) |
28 Jul 86 | |
| Vladivostok |
26 Jul 86 | |
| Plenum | 29 Jul 88 | |
| Replies to L'Humanité | 4 Feb 88 | |
| there | 4 Feb 88 | |
| (on a question about human rights)/French TV |
30 Sep 85 | |
| 15 Feb 88 | ||
| ibid., p.37 | ||
| 1 Oct 82 | ||
| 1 Oct 82 | ||
| Kazakhstan /The food program developed and implemented under the leadership of Gorbachev was “completed” until 1990. | 7 Sep 85 | |
| there | 7 Sep 85 | |
| Plenum/June 1987 | 25 Jun 87 | |
| XIX conf/June 1988 | 28 Jun 88 | |
| there | 28 Jun 88 | |
| 1st Congress | 29 May 86 | |
| Plenum/ Jan. 1987 | 27 Jan 87 | |
| 1st Congress | 8 Jun 89 | |
| II Congress | 23 Dec 89 | |
| II Congress | 23 Dec 89 | |
| II Congress | 24 Dec 89 | |
| Leningrad, Izhora plant | 11 Jul 89 | |
| Leningrad, Izhora plant | 11 Jul 89 | |
| 1st Congress | 25 Jun 89 | |
| II Congress | 12 Dec 89 | |
| II Congress on the IYD (interregional group) | 23 Dec 89 | |
| II Congress | 23 Dec 89 | |
| beginning of the 1st Congress (violation of the Constitution) |
25 May 89 | |
| 1st Congress | 30 May 89 | |
| 12 Dec 89 | ||
| 23 Dec 89 | ||
(they did so) |
23 Dec 89 | |
| 19 Dec 89 | ||
| ibid / (on Constitutional supervision) | 23 Dec 89 | |
| 25 Feb 86 | ||
| there | ||
| meeting with the press (about the CPSU) | ||
| 15 Feb 88 | ||
| XIX conference | 28 Jun 88 | |
| XIX Conference (talking about the CPSU) | 28 Jun 88 | |
| meeting with the press | 29 Jul 88 | |
| Х1Х conf/June 1988 | 28 Jun 88 | |
| 1st Congress | 9 Jun 89 | |
| there | 9 Jun 89 | |
| Leninsk |
14 May 87 | |
| Plenum/June 87 (- / -) | 25 Jun 87 | |
| meeting with the press (-/-) | 15 Jul 87 | |
| XIX Conf/June 88 (-/-) | 28 Jun 88 | |
| Plenum/June 86 (about Yeltsin) | 16 Jun 86 | |
| XIX Conf/June 88 | 28 Jun 88 | |
...everything turned out to be much more complicated than we thought, than it seemed at the first stage |
Plenum | 25 Apr 89 |
| Plenum/April 85 (same one) | 23 Apr 85 | |
| Plenum/June 87 | 25 Jun 87 | |
| 15 Feb 88 | ||
| ibid p.39 | 15 Feb 88 | |
| ibid p.41 | 15 Feb 88 | |
| 1 Jul 86 | ||
| 25 Jun 87 | ||
| there | 25 Jun 87 | |
(early 88) |
15 Feb 88 | |
| XIX Conf/June 88 | 28 Jun 88 | |
| Leningrad, "Izhora plant" | 11 Jul 88 | |
| there | 11 Jul 88 | |
| Plenum/April 85 | 23 Apr 85 | |
| there (about goods and services) | 23 Apr 85 | |
| Kyiv | 27 Jun 85 | |
| Vladivostok | 28 Jul 86 | |
| there | 28 Jul 86 | |
(early 88) |
15 Feb 88 | |
| Through the efforts of the party and workers, it was possible to stop the country’s slide into crisis in the economic, social and spiritual spheres | XIX Conf/June 88 | 28 Jun 88 |
| 19 Dec 89 | ||
| II Congress (closing address) | 24 Dec 89 |
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Quotes from Gorbachev
(same quotes, calendar arrangement)
If the quotation refers to a congress or other event extended in time, then the date of the beginning of the congress (rather than the exact date of the statement) may be indicated as the date.
EXIT DATA, COMMENT |
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| Agrarian policy of the CPSU at the stage of developed socialism | Title of the article//Problems of peace and socialism, 1982, N 10 | 1 Oct 82 |
| The food program is based on a creative synthesis of practical evidence and science | Food program...//Communist, 1982, N 10 | 1 Oct 82 |
| Today we reaffirm the continuity of the strategic course developed by the 26th Party Congress... | Plenum/April 85 (same one) | 23 Apr 85 |
| Spheres such as healthcare and public education are becoming increasingly important in the life of society and every person. We have achieved a lot in their development, ensuring equal access for all citizens to these vital benefits | Plenum/April 85 | 23 Apr 85 |
| It is important that the Soviet people feel changes for the better in the near future | there (about goods and services) | 23 Apr 85 |
| If we do not do what we are talking about in the twelfth five-year plan... then we can lose a lot... | Kyiv | 27 Jun 85 |
| The fight for sobriety began at the initiative of the party and primarily in its ranks | session of the Supreme Council | 2 Jul 85 |
| The measures taken are supported by the workers... Encouraging results are already visible. ... We will strictly implement what we have planned. | Kazakhstan (same topic) |
7 Sep 85 |
| The April Plenum of the Central Committee... gave a clear, fundamental statement: the implementation of the Food Program is an urgent matter, it requires special attention | Kazakhstan The food program developed and implemented under the leadership of Gorbachev was “completed” until 1990. | 7 Sep 85 |
| Time has shown that we did the right thing by adopting the food program | there | 7 Sep 85 |
| As for political rights, I could refer to the fact that in our Supreme Council there are more workers and peasants than in all the parliaments of developed capitalist countries | (on a question about human rights)/French TV | 30 Sep 85 |
| Life has confirmed the correctness of the main content of the third Party Program | Plenum (Third Program - Khrushchev program of 1961) | 15 Oct 85 |
| The main conclusions... confirm that our country has entered the stage of developed socialism | Polit. report to the XXVII Congress | 25 Feb 86 |
| Our party is a healthy organism... | Political report to the XXVII Congress/86 | 25 Feb 86 |
| The Politburo took into its own hands the entire organization of work to quickly eliminate the consequences of the accident and limit its consequences. As for the “lack” of information about what a special company has been deployed, this question in this case is far-fetched. | About Chernobyl protrusion on TV |
14 May 86 |
| And historical arguments, and economic calculation, and political consciousness, and simply common sense, the experience of peoples speak of the vital need for the development of all Soviet nations within the framework of a federal union state | 1st Congress | 29 May 86 |
| Moscow ... party organizations are deeply involved in intensifying production | Plenum/June 86 (about Yeltsin) | 16 Jun 86 |
| Our congresses are close in spirit, in their problematics, in their views not only on today and on the situation in our countries, in the countries of socialism, but also on their look into the future | interview with Polish TV/ about the congress of the PUWP | 1 Jul 86 |
| Women write to me: finally, fathers saw their children, and we saw our husbands. | Vladivostok (answer to question about wine queues) |
26 Jul 86 |
| ...someone scolds us, but I think it’s okay, he’ll suffer for a year or two, and then he’ll understand that it was the right thing to do | Far East (same topic) |
28 Jul 86 |
| The time has come to ask ourselves for the implementation of the plan | Vladivostok | 28 Jul 86 |
| ...no one can free party committees from concerns and responsibility for the situation in the economy | there | 28 Jul 86 |
| ...the successes of our party's national policy are indisputable... | Plenum/ Jan. 1987 | 27 Jan 87 |
| ...the stage of perestroika after the January Plenum of the Central Committee is distinguished by the fact that work in this direction takes on a more businesslike, more specific character - and as for the economy... | Leninsk (about the January 87 Plenum) |
14 May 87 |
| All these measures were taken on the basis of the thoughts of the working people... | answers "Unita" (same topic) | 18 May 87 |
| Let's take the food problem. The situation here is improving. ... The Politburo believes this: we have real opportunities to seriously change the situation with food supplies in the next 2-3 years | Plenum/June 1987 | 25 Jun 87 |
| The January Plenum gave powerful impulses to labor and social activity | Plenum/June 87 (- / -) | 25 Jun 87 |
| All answers to new questions must be sought within the framework of socialism, and not outside it | Plenum/June 87 | 25 Jun 87 |
| Some socialist countries have experienced serious crises in their development. This happened, for example, in Hungary in 1956, in Czechoslovakia in 1968, in Poland in 1956, and then in the early 80s... But the objective fact is this: in none of the countries socialism there was no return to the old order | Plenum/June 86/(not a word about how these crises were resolved) | 25 Jun 87 |
| Now we can state: the socialist system is firmly on its feet in a large group of states... | there | 25 Jun 87 |
| There was one situation before the January Plenum of the Central Committee, and things went completely differently after it | 15.7.87/meeting with the press (- / -) | 15 Jul 87 |
| (About Sakharov) ... illegal actions were committed on his part. ... Sakharov lives in Gorky in normal conditions | Replies to L'Humanité/4.2.86 | 4 Feb 88 |
| Now regarding political prisoners. We don't have them. ... We don’t judge you for your beliefs | there | 4 Feb 88 |
| Collectivization was the greatest historical act, the largest social revolution since 1917 | In the book. "Perestroika...", p.36 /signed for publication on 15.2.88/ | 15 Feb 88 |
| ...industrialization and collectivization were a necessity. | ibid., p.37 | 15 Feb 88 |
| In the West they immediately started talking about some kind of opposition. But it's not serious | "Perestroika and new thinking..."/signed for publication on 15.2.88 | 15 Feb 88 |
| ...in general, Soviet history is a story of undeniable progress... | "Perestroika and new thinking..."/p.34 | 15 Feb 88 |
| ...it sounds strange to us when they offer us... to turn to methods and forms characteristic of a different social system | ibid p.39 | 15 Feb 88 |
| What conclusions do we draw from the historical lessons of the past? First of all, the conclusion is that the socialist social system has proven its enormous capabilities in solving the most complex problems of social progress. We are convinced... | ibid p.41 | 15 Feb 88 |
| what they throw at us from the West, from another economy, is unacceptable to us | "Perestroika and new thinking..."/p. p.84 (early 88) |
15 Feb 88 |
| From the very beginning we realized that there was no time to build up | "Perestroika and new thinking..."/p.76 (early 88) |
15 Feb 88 |
| We have neither the moral nor the political right to put up with a protracted solution to the food issue | XIX conf/June 1988 | 28 Jun 88 |
| ...changes in retail prices should in no case be accompanied by a decrease in people's living standards | there | 28 Jun 88 |
| Under the one-party system that has historically developed and established itself in the country... | XIX conf/28.6.88 | 28 Jun 88 |
| ...this requires enormous effort in theoretical, political activity, in organization,... in consolidation... And only the party can be the bearer of all this | XIX Conference (talking about the CPSU) | 28 Jun 88 |
| ...recently we have repeatedly encountered attempts to use democratic rights for anti-democratic purposes... from redrawing borders to creating opposition parties, the CPSU Central Committee believes that such abuses of democracy are fundamentally contrary.. | Х1Х conf/June 1988 | 28 Jun 88 |
| We cannot allow a repeat of what happened with the January Plenum of the Central Committee. ...we didn’t think through the mechanism for implementing the decisions of the Plenum, and they seemed to “freeze”, things didn’t go well... | XIX Conf/June 88 (-/-) | 28 Jun 88 |
| YELTSIN...one of the main difficulties of perestroika is its declarative nature. They announced it without a sufficient analysis of the reasons for the stagnation that arose, without an analysis of the current situation in society, without a deep analysis in the context of the history of the mistakes and omissions made by the party... GORBACHEV...with which I cannot agree...that we announced perestroika without sufficient analysis... (and further on Yeltsin) |
XIX Conf/June 88 | 28 Jun 88 |
| Through the efforts of the party and workers, it was possible to stop the country’s slide into crisis in the economic, social and spiritual spheres | XIX Conf/June 88 | 28 Jun 88 |
| Through the efforts of the party and workers, it was possible to stop the country’s slide into crisis in the economic, social and spiritual spheres | XIX Conf/June 88 | 28 Jun 88 |
| ...I am against private property. This is unacceptable for us | 11.7.89/Leningrad, "Izhora plant" | 11 Jul 88 |
| GORBACHEV And you, comrade, have you already decided to work for the capitalists? VOICE If they pay well, you can go to capitalists GORBACHEV This is your personal point of view... |
there | 11 Jul 88 |
| Queues everywhere... The problem has become so acute that we must deal with it thoroughly and establish proper order here. | Plenum/ 29.7.88 | 29 Jul 88 |
| Both the “left” and the “right” are causing chaos in society and are attacking perestroika. | meeting with the press/29.7.88 | 29 Jul 88 |
| ...we were seriously late in analyzing and assessing the country’s financial situation ...we all didn’t know the country we live in well ...many decisions were made without due regard... to the possibilities of the economy ...everything turned out to be much more complicated than WE thought, than it seemed at the first stage |
Plenum/25.4.89 | 25 Apr 89 |
| One of the deputies... said: “M.S., it’s wrong that you are leading the Congress. Because it should be led by the Chairman of the Central Election Commission. Is someone not happy with my, or what, undemocratic behavior?” | beginning of the 1st Congress / 25.5.89 (violation of the Constitution) |
25 May 89 |
| For various reasons, deputies proposed making certain changes to the Constitution of the USSR. I join those who warned against hasty adjustments to the Basic Law | 1st Congress | 30 May 89 |
| The worst thing is if our congress does not find solutions that would meet... the harmonization of interethnic relations... | 1st Congress | 8 Jun 89 |
| ...some people give us the idea of constructive opposition, political pluralism. I think... that even within the framework of the Soviet political system it is possible... | 1st Congress | 9 Jun 89 |
| It is in the tradition of our press to defend the fundamental values of socialism | there | 9 Jun 89 |
| In our country, some people received mandates, perhaps this way: by putting special emphasis on the critical part and scolding the authorities... | 1st Congress | 25 Jun 89 |
| At first I had a desire to run for the territorial constituency: But then they would say: the General Secretary is leaving the party. There would be more rumors | Leningrad, Izhora plant | 11 Jul 89 |
| ... I don’t like the practice of electing a president, and the word “president” itself is a little inconsistent with my beliefs | Leningrad, Izhora plant | 11 Jul 89 |
| If we accuse and suspect each other... then what good can come from this? | II Congress | 12 Dec 89 |
| ...can we pose the question in this way... in a fire order... there is no need to make political speculations around this |
II Congress (objects to consideration of Article 6) | 12 Dec 89 |
| After all, today we are adopting a Resolution, when all the changes have not yet been made... to the Constitution | in the same place (persuades to adopt a Resolution that contradicts the Constitution) | 19 Dec 89 |
| The government program that we support... this is exactly what we need | II Congress (about the economic program, which was canceled after 4 months) | 19 Dec 89 |
| ...we, I am sure, will figure everything out, following the path of unlocking the potential of the federation | II Congress | 23 Dec 89 |
| ...I am convinced that to realize self-determination through secession today means to blow up the Union, push people together, sow discord, blood, and death. This is where the separatists are pushing us. Any. | II Congress | 23 Dec 89 |
| ...the group has no programs, but only some eclecticism and fragments | II Congress, about the IYD (interregional group) | 23 Dec 89 |
| ... attempts to present a bill to me... - I reject decisively and irrevocably | II Congress | 23 Dec 89 |
| ...we could amend the Constitution, which would allow the Constitutional Oversight Committee to be expanded to 25 people | II Congress (the proposal that suddenly arose was immediately voted on and adopted) | 23 Dec 89 |
| SHAPHAYEV...Medvedev's candidacy did not get the required number of votes... GORBACHEV We will probably have to proceed from the number of those deputies who are present at the Congress... When voting, we will take into account the votes of those deputies who are present at the Congress |
ibid (about violation of regulations when choosing Medvedev / member of the Politburo / head of the editorial commission) (they did so) |
23 Dec 89 |
| The Constitution must be valid under all conditions | there (on Constitutional supervision) | 23 Dec 89 |
| ...about interethnic relations... the results of our work... are encouraging. To those who... scream and shout... that our society is supposedly falling apart... we say: you and I are not on the same path. |
II Congress | 24 Dec 89 |
| ...there was a lot of controversy surrounding the program proposed by the government. Some deputies perceived it as insufficiently revolutionary... This point of view was reasonably refuted during the work of the Congress | II Congress (closing address) | 24 Dec 89 |
| The strength of the party is that it senses time, the pulse of life, and always acts in the midst of the masses | there | |
| I don’t think that now anyone will understand the idea that it is possible to do without a party... If anyone thinks otherwise, he is, of course, mistaken | meeting with the press (about the CPSU) |
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