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Boris Yeltsin quotes: We Russians are already living, not getting ready to live.

We Russians are already living, not getting ready to live.

Boris Yeltsin quotes: A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean

A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.

Boris Yeltsin quotes: A sense of proportion and humanitarian action are not issues for terrorists. Their aim is that of killing and destroying.

A sense of proportion and humanitarian action are not issues for terrorists. Their aim is that of killing and destroying.

Boris Yeltsin quotes: I cannot shift the blame for Chechnya, for the sorrow of numerous mothers and fathers. I made the decision, therefore I am responsible.

I cannot shift the blame for Chechnya, for the sorrow of numerous mothers and fathers. I made the decision, therefore I am responsible.

Boris Yeltsin quotes: Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie in the sky.

Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie in the sky.

Boris Yeltsin quotes: A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high ideal.

A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high ideal.

Boris Yeltsin quotes: The most important thing is that Milosevic agreed to sit at the negotiating table with the Kosovo Albanians.

The most important thing is that Milosevic agreed to sit at the negotiating table with the Kosovo Albanians.

Boris Yeltsin quotes: A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.

A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.

Boris Yeltsin quotes: You have no right to criticise Russia over Chechnya.

You have no right to criticise Russia over Chechnya.

Boris Yeltsin quotes: International terrorism is throwing down a challenge, and not just to Russia.

International terrorism is throwing down a challenge, and not just to Russia.

Boris Yeltsin quotes: Not a single reform effort in Russia has ever been completed.

Not a single reform effort in Russia has ever been completed.

Boris Yeltsin quotes: Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation to sin.

Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation to sin.

Boris Yeltsin quotes: We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.

We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.

Boris Yeltsin quotes: You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.

You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.

Boris Yeltsin quotes: The clouds of terror and dictatorship are gathering over the whole country. They must not be allowed to bring eternal night.

The clouds of terror and dictatorship are gathering over the whole country. They must not be allowed to bring eternal night.

Boris Yeltsin quotes: I especially love driving down a hill directly at a tree and swerving to one side at the last moment. That's my way to relax.

I especially love driving down a hill directly at a tree and swerving to one side at the last moment. That's my way to relax.

Boris Yeltsin quotes: We want peace and a political solution to the situation in Chechnya.

We want peace and a political solution to the situation in Chechnya.