173 Quotes by Boris Yeltsin

We don't have Western priorities. We are equally oriented to the west, the east, the north and the south. We want friendship with all.

The crisis in the Balkans demands not emotional evaluations, but well-balanced and decisive actions,

We have gotten stuck half-way in our transition from the planned and command economy to a normal market economy. We have created...a hybrid of the two systems.

were to return to dust, the period of his rule will remain the brightest and most romantic in Russia's 20th-century history -- simply because Russia had not experienced such high expectations for a very long time.

You have to be more careful in a world filled with all types of weapons, some of which are in the hands of terrorists. All of this is very dangerous. You can't threaten like that, that you'll send in planes and bombs -- no!

With pain I learned about the tragedy that has struck your family, ... You have lost the most loyal and devoted friend. Gone is a wonderful person, a beautiful woman, a loving wife and mother.

You have lost the truest and most devoted friend. The most outstanding person, the most wonderful woman, a loving wife and mother has passed away,

We will meet and discuss the question of how to get out of the situation without getting into a big war,

We will bring order both to Dagestan and other republics in the North Caucasus,