173 Quotes by Boris Yeltsin

A pause is good, but it's not enough,

I ask you to forgive me for not fulfilling some hopes of those people who believed that we would be able to jump from the totalitarian past into a bright, rich and civilized future in one go.

I'm doing everything possible to put an end to military actions,

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

I hope that through an open dialogue we will be able to convince those and other countries that their security will not increase by bringing them closer to NATO,

Liberty sets the mind free, fosters independence and unorthodox thinking and ideas. But it does not offer instant prosperity or happiness and wealth to everyone.

I made the decision on the government's resignation, at the same time having in mind that (Chernomyrdin) will lead the presidential campaign,

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.

I'm thinking in particular of the appeals for humanitarian interference -- this is a new idea -- in the internal affairs of another state, even when this is done on the pretext of protecting human rights and freedoms,