I Believe Politicians Should Always Remain Realistic.

But On Second Thought, After I Decreed The State Of Emergency, I Came To The Conclusion That That Was Impossible To Achieve Without Bloodshed Because The Street Protesters Were Full Of Anger And Nearly Out Of Control. This Is Why I Thought We Needed To Find Another Way Out.

I Was A Member Of The Politburo For Seven Years, A Foreign Minister.

Corruption Has Its Own Motivations, And One Has To Thoroughly Study That Phenomenon And Eliminate The Foundations That Allow Corruption To Exist.

I Don't Want To Go Down In History As A Man Who Allowed Blood To Be Shed...

I Think If Someone Else Other Than Reagan, Someone Less Of A Hardliner, Had Been In Power Then The Breakthrough In Ending The Cold War Would Not Have Happened.