Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Acceptance Speech (2013)
As quoted in Simply Living: The Spirit of the Indigenous People (1999) edited by Shirley A. Jones
“I very much believe that we share the same human values…”
Breaking the Cycle (2003)
Context: I very much believe that we share the same human values... If you scan through all the religions — monotheistic and others — they all preach the same... I think all our fights, our wars, and all our disagreements are just expressions of frustration at our human condition at a particular time. I don't think it has to do with us believing in different values.
"‘A Tale of Two Girls’" in NBC https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna52173136 (11 June 2013)
Source: (1776), Book I, Chapter V, p. 50.
"Nature Is My God" - interview with Fred Matser in Resurgence No. 184 (September-October 1997) http://www.resurgence.org/resurgence/184/gorbachev.htm
Context: We have retreated from the perennial values. I don't think that we need any new values. The most important thing is to try to revive the universally known values from which we have retreated.
As a young man, I really took to heart the Communist ideals. A young soul certainly cannot reject things like justice and equality. These were the goals proclaimed by the Communists. But in reality that terrible Communist experiment brought about repression of human dignity. Violence was used in order to impose that model on society. In the name of Communism we abandoned basic human values. So when I came to power in Russia I started to restore those values; values of "openness" and freedom.
Source: The Key to Theosophy (1889)
