The genius writer was correct. In obtaining freedom, man suddenly understands that he has shouldered a heavy burden, because freedom involves responsibility. A person must make decisions himself and himself answer for them.

Look outside the window. Do you see the fence outside the palace? Do you see any guards? This is a country where everyone is safe.

A thug only understands you when you speak his language

Whoever was shouting about dictatorship there...when I heard that, I thought: it's better to be a dictator than gay

I look at Obama, a young man, a good-looking person. That is my first impression, I feel sorry for him. He looks 100 percent like Lukashenko, when I came to power after the breakup of the Soviet Union

I don't really understand what a dictator is, but on the other hand I sometimes, in a nice way, envy myself," he said. "I am the last and only dictator in Europe and indeed there are none anywhere else in the world.