"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."
-Mikhail Gorbachev
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"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.“
-Mikhail Gorbachev
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
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