173 Quotes by Boris Yeltsin

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

if Russia stays with the path of reforms.

I will not step down, I will not resign, ... I will work to the end of my term in office under the constitution. In the year 2000, there will be presidential elections under the constitution and I will not run in those elections.

interested only in power, not the interests of the people.

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

in order to minimize the negative consequences for Russia.

Gorbachev gave us freedom of worship and freedom of speech and freedom to see what was going on and freedom to vote, but that freedom won't last unless it is underpinned by economic freedom.

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

In Russia, we are shaken by the NATO bombardment of the embassy of the Chinese People's Republic in Belgrade. This is an open outrage, and there is not and cannot be any justification for it,