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Russia must enter the new millennium with new politicians, with new faces, with new, smart, strong, energetic people.
And we who have been in power for many years already, we must go.

— Boris Yeltsin Farewell speech (1999)

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

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.

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

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.

Against the Grain (1990)

You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.

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