“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.” PeopleFirstsPoliticalSufferingPoliticsFriendsPoliticianOrdinaryThirdsProfessionTemptationRuinsOrdinary LifeNo Friends Author:Boris Yeltsin
“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.” WritingFirstsI CanTodayTimePresidentFirst TimeBillsMeetingsClintonDisasterPresident Bill Clinton Author:Boris Yeltsin
“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.” FirstsMomentsForceWallUnionsEmpiresSovietSoviet UnionHammersBerlinUssrBerlin Wall Book:The View from the Kremlin Source: The View from the Kremlin
