Mikhail Gorbachev vs. Jawaharlal Nehru
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Mikhail Gorbachev
1921 – 1981
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Soviet and Russian politician who was the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1985, and additionally as head of state from 1988. Ideologically, he initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism, but moved towards social democracy by the early 1990s.
"I believe, as Lenin said, that this revolutionary chaos may yet crystallize into new forms of life."
Jawaharlal Nehru
1889 – 1964
Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a principal leader of the Indian nationalist movement in the 1930s and 1940s. Upon India's independence in 1947, he served as the country's first prime minister for 16 years.
"To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition. But that certainly does not mean asceticism or self-mortif…"