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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.

Boris Yeltsin

Russia also declared its independence. This was approved by the Supreme Soviet, and you know and remember that there was the Declaration on the Independence of Russia.
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Country Independence People Remember
A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.
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Government Pairs Sock
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.
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Ask Forgive Past People
One could see that what you are writing was that today’s meeting with President Bill Clinton was going to be a disaster. Now, for the first time, I can tell you that you are a disaster.
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President Time Writing
Gorbachev gave us freedom of worship and freedom of speech and freedom to see what was going on and freedom to vote, but that freedom won’t last unless it is underpinned by economic freedom.
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And Speech Freedom Last War
A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.
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Flame Mean Men
Let’s not talk about Communism. Communism was just and idea, just pie in the sky.
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Ideas Sky Talking
A sense of proportion and humanitarian action are not issues for terrorists. Their aim is that of killing and destroying.
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Action Issues Killing
International terrorism is throwing down a challenge, and not just to Russia.
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Challenges Country People Terrorism
I will not step down, I will not resign, … I will work to the end of my term in office under the constitution. In the year 2000, there will be presidential elections under the constitution and I will not run in those elections.
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Office Running Years
We Russians are already living, not getting ready to live.
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Country Living People Ready
It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts.
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Courage Inspirational Thinking
I understand that it’s hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions… we’ll have to draw lessons from the current crisis and now we’ll have to work on overcoming it.
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Giving Overcoming Work
Storm clouds of terror and dictatorship are gathering over the whole country… They must not be allowed to bring eternal night.
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Clouds Country Night
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.
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Country People Work
Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation to sin.
BORIS YELTSIN

Money Temptation Tests

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.

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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.

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