Preparing for my address I found in an old Russian encyclopedia a definition of "peace" as a "commune" — the traditional cell of Russian peasant life. I saw in that definition the people's profound understanding of peace as harmony, concord, mutual help, and cooperation.
This understanding is embodied in the canons of world religions and in the works of philosophers from antiquity to our time.


Nobel Address (1991)

Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes

Preparing for my address I found in an old Russian encyclopedia a definition of peace as a commune — the traditional cell of Russian peasant life....

Preparing for my address I found in an old Russian encyclopedia a definition of peace as a commune — the traditional cell of Russian peasant life....

Preparing for my address I found in an old Russian encyclopedia a definition of peace as a commune — the traditional cell of Russian peasant life....

Preparing for my address I found in an old Russian encyclopedia a definition of peace as a commune — the traditional cell of Russian peasant life....