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The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism. . . . If it leads to improving the well-being of the people there is no contradiction with socialism.
Source: In Guardian (London), 21 Jun 1990.
-- Mikhail Gorbachev, (Mar 2 1931-____), Russian political leader; He was Secretary General of USSR, 1985-92; initiated glasnost; won Nobel Peace Prize, 1990; Time magazine's Man of the Decade.