Statesman Quotes

There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic that has been in its coming.

Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out.

We cannot turn the clock back nor can we undo the harm caused, but we have the power to determine the future and to ensure that what happened never happens again.

We need a strong police force - the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Chechnya. We have to get rid of the traitors who have managed to penetrate into the law-enforcement department.

There is a rule of Sharia: If the enemy wants to suppress you, you are supposed to put up a strong resistance.

The people have already determined Chechnya's status at the referendum - it is a unit of the Russian Federation. Its political status is not to be discussed any more.

The attempted assassinations against me were not accidental.

That is why I came to conclusion that the election must take place, so that the republic can have a government. If I were to say that everything will change for the better immediately, that would not be true. The struggle will continue for a long time.

People took part in the referendum because they were tired of the war. They are afraid of talking about it out loud, but they have shown exactly where they stand: Yes, we want peace, and we want to be a part of Russia.

One has to work for years and decades, to conduct negotiations, to stand for positions and points of view, to jointly develop a civilized view on the administrative and state organization of Chechnya.

Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996.

In 2001-2002, I told the president that the election was supposed to take place when the war was over, at a time when we could return to peaceful life. We agreed upon that. However, I can see now that the election cannot be delayed any longer.

I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures.

I always said that Wahhabism is unacceptable for the Chechen nation.

One has to nurture a new generation, to raise children in the spirit of Islam.

In the police force, two, three, five traitors are detected who are really working for someone else. When we cleanse the police of them, the problem will be simplified a lot. Terrorists will have no one to contact - they will be left without informers.

I grew up in a very religious family. I could read the Qu'ran easily at the age of five.

Criminals were coming to Chechnya from all over the world - they did not have a place in their own countries. But they could live perfectly well in Chechnya.

Only with the honour thus acquired can we earn the respect of our other compatriots as well.

It is only with burning anger that we can speak of this attack by counter-revolutionary reactionary elements against the capital of our country, against our people's democratic order and the power of the working class.

In these momentous hours of our history we call on every Hungarian worker who is led by devotion to the people and the country to join our Party, the name of which is the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party.

I ask every Communist individually to set an example, by deeds and without pretense, a real example worthy of a man and a Communist, in restoring order, starting normal life, in resuming work and production, and in laying the foundations of an ordered life.

I address myself to the Communists, to those Communists who were prompted to join the Party by the progressive ideas of mankind and socialism, and not by selfish personal interests - let us represent our pure and just ideas by pure and just means.

Bad leadership during the past years has cast on our Party the shadow of great and grave burdens.

Those who joined us for selfish personal reasons, for a career or other motives will be the ones to leave.

We must lead in a different way... We must have an active president, who gives strong direction and works with the government for its implementation.

The fight against terror is a common imperative for democracies and must become so for all nations.

If French is no longer the language of a power, it can be the language of a counter power.

I would like to see capital punishment suppressed in all democracies.

I remain attached to my nation.