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Sometimes it's difficult to accept, to recognise one's own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Born: Mar 2, 1931

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