Alexander Lukashenko Quotes

• It's better to be a dictator than gay.

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Funny, Sarcastic, Humorous

  "Guido Westerwelle, former German foreign minister, dies at 54" by Kate Connolly, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2016.

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• I don't really understand what a dictator is, but on the other hand I sometimes, in a nice way, envy myself," he said. "I am the last and only dictator in Europe and indeed there are none anywhere else in the world.

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Nice, Memorable, Hands

  "Belarus President Lukashenko in his own words". Interview with Richard Balmforth, www.reuters.com. November 27, 2012.

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• If someone is a lesbian, it's man's fault.

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Men, Faults, Ifs

  YouTube Channel "gaybelarus"/"Lukashenko about gays and lesbians", www.youtube.com. December 04, 2011.

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• We have rigged the latest election. 93.5 per cent have voted for Lukashenko. But they say it is not a European outcome. We have made it 86 per cent.

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Outcomes, Election, Made

  Press conference for Ukrainian journalists, November 2006.

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• We do not need an imported system for falsifying elections! We will create our own, one run by the state!

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Running, Memorable, Needs

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• Whoever was shouting about dictatorship there... when I heard that, I thought: it's better to be a dictator than gay.

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Memorable, Gay, Dictator

  "Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko: 'Better To Be A Dictator Than Gay'" by Lidia Kelly and Ben Harding, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 4, 2012.

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• My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian style of rule is characteristic of me, and I have always admitted it. You need to control the country, and the main thing is not to ruin people's lives.

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Country, People, Style

  "Profile: Alexander Lukashenko". news.bbc.co.uk. January 09, 2007.

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• A thug only understands you when you speak his language

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Memorable, Thug, Language

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• Look outside the window. Do you see the fence outside the palace? Do you see any guards? This is a country where everyone is safe.

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Country, Memorable, Looks

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• You need to control the country, and the main thing is not to ruin people's lives.

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Country, People, Needs

  "Profile: Alexander Lukashenko". news.bbc.co.uk. January 09, 2007.

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• I look at Obama, a young man, a good-looking person. That is my first impression, I feel sorry for him. He looks 100 percent like Lukashenko, when I came to power after the breakup of the Soviet Union

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Breakup, Sorry, Memorable

  "Belarus President Seeks to Deploy Russia Missiles" by Alan Cullison, www.wsj.com. November 14, 2008.

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• In my view this is not democracy, but a zoo.... It was exactly what we expected, but not on that scale nor in that form. In a word, it was nothing but a zoo, you can't put it better

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Zoos, Memorable, Views

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• Milosevic was an outstanding politician who gave his all to serving his fatherland.

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Politician, Outstanding, Fatherland

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• The genius writer was correct. In obtaining freedom, man suddenly understands that he has shouldered a heavy burden, because freedom involves responsibility. A person must make decisions himself and himself answer for them.

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Memorable, Responsibility, Men

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• Who can guarantee that he [Alexander Milinkevich, a Belarussian opposition presidential candidate] is the most promising candidate capable of competing with the incumbent president?

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Guarantees That, Presidential, Competing

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• You should not be misled about the so-called single opposition candidate. There are so many of them now that you will lack the fingers to count them.

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Misled, Should, Fingers

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