It would be naive to think that the problems plaguing mankind today can be solved with means and methods which were applied or seemed to work in the past. (Mikhail Gorbachev)

It would be naive to think that the problems plaguing mankind today can be solved with means and methods which were applied or seemed to work in the past.

Mikhail Gorbachev

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