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In Ukraine, you don't build a democracy; it already exists. You just defend it.

— Petro Poroshenko

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I will accept any choice of the people, because it is a democracy.

Every statesman must accept the choice of the people.

External threat accelerated the formation of a modern political Ukrainian nation based on civic patriotism.

The main guarantor of Ukraine is the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

I'm not fighting for positions. I had in my life the highest position that Ukrainian can only dream of.

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