Boris Yeltsin

You can build a throne with bayonets, but it's difficult to sit on it.

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.

We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.

Storm clouds of terror and dictatorship are gathering over the whole country... They must not be allowed to bring eternal night.