Words matter. These are the best Alexander Lukashenko Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Permit me to be immodest, but I did something for this country.
I ask myself what is a dictator? I don’t understand. It is some kind of terrible person, a bad person. But I am not frightening. I am not a bad person at all.
Dictators don’t come from elections.
I tried to be honest and fair, helped the talented and those in need.
We are trying to work around the world. We would like very much to cooperate with the United States.
I have only you, the people of Belarus, and I will serve to the last of my days.
From my point of view, this is the best time of the year. I don’t love heat. I’m a winter guy.
Americans want to democratise us. OK, but why not go and democratise Saudi Arabia. Are we anything like Saudi Arabia? No, we are far from that. So why aren’t they democratising Saudi Arabia? Because they are bastards, but they are their bastards.
Who is against human rights in Belarus today? Of course, no one should view human rights as the right to smash shop windows or stir up unrest in the streets.
No matter who comes to Belarusian land, I will fight. Even if it is Putin.
The arms business is an absolutely acceptable business.
My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian ruling style is characteristic of me.
We will not have Americans telling us what to do… We cannot be brought to our knees.
You need to control the country, and the main thing is not to ruin people’s lives.
There are dictators a bit worse than me, no? I’m the lesser evil already.
We cannot allow any uncontrolled situation and destabilization in the country.
If you give me carte blanche for any destruction and any revolutionary transformations, if that is what you want, then for God’s sake, we will do it. The issue is not me: the issue is society.
People call me an anti-reformer. That’s absolutely stupid.
During the years of my presidency, I lived a tough and difficult life.
American democracy has two faces.
It is time to stop the anarchy on the Internet. We cannot allow this great technological achievement of man to be turned into an information garbage heap.
I am not afraid of mass media.
I repeat for the umpteenth time, without making apologies: My children have had more than their fair share of presidency under their father. There cannot be any hereditary transfer of power.
We are a peace-loving people.
The basis of my politics is, first of all, fairness and honesty.
I believe it is important for both Russia and Europe that Belarus is a sovereign, independent state where Europeans can feel at home.
It’s better to be a dictator than gay.
Belarus is not a superpower, but we pay a lot of attention to sports.
I have always believed that genuine democracy is fairness.
I am for a single and unified Ukraine.
Unlike in the U.K. or France or America, we’ve never used water cannon for mass riots dispersal.
Belarus will become the first government in the world that opens wide opportunities for the use of blockchain technology.
You know that in the Eurasian space, Russia is the central state, the most powerful state. But to become an empire, a member of some empire, a province in this empire – you know, we’re probably not ready for that yet, neither in Kazakhstan nor in Belarus.
I am sure that it is the Belarus people who are the masters in our state.
As soon as people decline my services, I’ll put my briefcase under my arm, and I’ll be off.
Innovations, IT technologies, privatisation – it is all clear. We’ve conquered all of them. But everything is, very simply, one should get undressed and work.
We will never have Russian-style privatization.
There is no scope for revolutions coming to Belarus.
The sanctions which the West introduced against Russia seriously affect us.
We will ensure the interests of both the East and the West in Belarus. Don’t try to rip us apart; don’t try to make us collide with Russia or with the West.
