Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.

Humanity requires that nationalisms be overcome.

Nations are divided, but we citizens need not be.

The world is not uni-cultural. We must live together rather than seeking to dominate each other. The people in the world cannot accept domination anymore.

Peace is movement towards globality and universality of civilization

The cause of world peace is much more important than any individual.

We share a common planet, and the world has learned the hard way that we have to get along and work together. We have learned, too, that cooperation can benefit all.

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

The aim of the Revolution is, so far as the interests of China herself are concerned, the restoration of her original frontiers and, in regard to the rest of the world, a gradual advance of all nations from the stage of equality to that of an ideal unity.

We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together. That is the new challenge of the new world... learning to co-exist and not co-annihilate.

My experience of living with people of diverse religions and cultures taught me that one will never be at peace with the other if one is at war with oneself.

I think Americans should have a policy of love. That should be the foreign policy, love. Export Love.

I wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth.

The rapprochement of peoples is only possible when differences of culture and outlook are respected and appreciated rather than feared and condemned, when the common bond of human dignity is recognized as the essential bond for a peaceful world.

America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.

In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

As to the first, I do not know that I have done very much myself to promote fraternity between nations but I do know that there can be no more important purpose for any man's activity or interests.

I should like to think that we'll find peace on this Earth at some point and come to a collective consciousness of compassion for each other, where we say, 'Enough! Let us live as one!'

All my life, I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice.

The world is far more interconnected today. Hence the need to understand each other is greater than ever before.

My aim is to create a happy society with genuine friendship. Friendship between Tibetan and Chinese peoples is very essential.

I can't wait until we get to the stage where we don't have to explain anymore.

We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily.

The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.

I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference.