Boris Yeltsin

“We, Russia, are prepared to work with others. I am convinced that stability and security in Europe cannot be considered without taking Russia into account.”

“While maintaining our nuclear potential at the proper level, we need to devote more attention to developing the entire range of means of information warfare.”

“There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends.”

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