Quotes by Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin

Russian politician

Lived from: 1931 - 2007

Category: Politics

Born: 1 february 1931 Died: 23 april 2007

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  • A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high ideal.
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  • A sense of proportion and humanitarian action are not issues for terrorists. Their aim is that of killing and destroying.
    Speech at a summit of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Istanbul, Turkey, as quoted in BBC World Service (19 November 1999)
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  • A total of 1,580 people, the civilian population, suffered as a result of the bloody wave of terrorist acts that swept over Moscow and other towns and villages of our country.
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  • Europe has found itself confronted with fresh challenges - challenges of a global character, the nature of which is directly connected with changes in the international climate and the difficulties of seeking new models for co-operation.
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  • International terrorism is throwing down a challenge, and not just to Russia.
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  • It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts.
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  • Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie in the sky.
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  • Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation to sin.
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  • One could see that what you are writing was that today's meeting with President Bill Clinton was going to be a disaster. Now, for the first time, I can tell you that you are a disaster.
    Speaking to the press following a postively productive meeting with Bill Clinton (24 October 1995)
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  • The main problem with being president is the constant sense that you are inside a glass bowl for everyone to see, or in a kind of barometric chamber with an artificial atmosphere where you must stay all the time.
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  • The most important thing is that Milosevic agreed to sit at the negotiating table with the Kosovo Albanians.
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  • The Soviet Union could not exist without the image of the empire. The image of the empire could not exist without the image of force. The USSR ended the moment the first hammer pounded the Berlin Wall.
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  • There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends.
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  • There were no strategic mistakes that could affect Russia's history and it further development. No, there were no such mistakes. Tactical errors were made in some less significant options, problems and so on. But, on the whole, Russia embarked on a correct path and it changed.
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  • Thousands of mercenaries, who have trained in camps on the territory of Chechnya as well as come in from abroad, are actually preparing to impose extremist ideas on the whole world.
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  • We all have an equal interest in stability and security throughout Europe. The years the OSCE has existed, and particularly this year, have given rise to great expectations and at the same time to powerful disappointments.
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  • We are well aware from which countries and through which countries the terrorists are receiving support. In the immediate future I shall be calling upon the leaders of these states to put a stop to this kind of activity.
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  • We, Russia, are prepared to work with others. I am convinced that stability and security in Europe cannot be considered without taking Russia into account.
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  • While maintaining our nuclear potential at the proper level, we need to devote more attention to developing the entire range of means of information warfare.
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  • Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your tanks and not to fight against your own people.
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What are the most famous quotes from Boris Yeltsin?

The two most famous quotes from Boris Yeltsin are:

  • "A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high ideal."
  • "A sense of proportion and humanitarian action are not issues for terrorists. Their aim is that of killing and destroying."

When did Boris Yeltsin live?

Boris Yeltsin was born in 1931 and died in the year 2007.