173 Quotes by Boris Yeltsin

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    I swear, in exercising my authorities as president of the Russian Federation, to respect and uphold the rights and freedoms of the individual and the citizen.

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    It is not right for us to think about successors. Kings have successors but we don't. It is the people that choose.

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    I think these qualities will be decisive during presidential elections in 2000, ... decent, honest and thorough.

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    I said before the elections and repeat now -- don't rush to change the portraits. The country has a president and an active president at that.

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    That doesn't mean that I abandon my constitutional powers to appoint ministers and government members. No, I don't,

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    My soul aches when I think about hungry soldiers, unpaid officers and their families, who have been suffering for years without a home of their own,

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