A president has - and I had it even before I became president - a very special relationship with the people, a connection based on feelings. — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
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… — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
From my point of view, this is the best time of the year. I don't love heat. I'm a winter guy. — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
As president, I'm not supposed to play games or show my hand, because there's a lot going on behind the scenes that you don't… — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
Americans want to democratise us. OK, but why not go and democratise Saudi Arabia. Are we anything like Saudi Arabia? No, we are far… — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian style of rule is characteristic of me, and… — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
There are some people bent on blowing up the situation in the country. I call them the fifth column. They are not an opposition.… — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
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… — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
We do not need an imported system for falsifying elections! We will create our own, one run by the state! — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
If we put people to work and they are busy, we will have less crime. — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I have only you, the people of Belarus, and I will serve to the last of my days. — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
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