“I am convinced that the moment is coming when, with its message of eternal, universal values, it will come to the aid of our society. For in these words: "Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," lie those very moral principles that will enable us to survive even the most critical situations.” MomentsLyingValuesSituationMoralPrinciplesEternalMessagesUniversalCriticalConvincedAidsNeighborOur SocietyThyselfMoral PrinciplesLove Thy Neighbor Author:Boris Yeltsin
“I especially love driving down a hill directly at a tree and swerving to one side at the last moment. That's my way to relax.” WayMomentsLastsSidesTreeCrazyMadDrivingMy WayHillsRelax Author:Boris Yeltsin
“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.” PeopleThinkingInspirationalImportantMomentsSituationCourageInternetGoldCriticalFree SpeechDeprivedNew WordsUnorthodox 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