It will be difficult, even painful, but democracy will prevail in Russia. There will be no dictatorship, although relapses into authoritarianism are possible.
America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the world to reach the American living standard.
Democracy must learn to defend itself.
Contemporary social democracy is what I believe is the right concept.
Every part of our program of perestroika - and the program as a whole, for that matter - is fully based on the principle of more socialism and more democracy.
In effect, according to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible. By gaining democratic freedoms the working masses come to power.
The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.
Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.
