Alexander Lukashenko
We will never have Russian-style privatization.
Belarus cannot be isolated.
The basis of my politics is, first of all, fairness and honesty.
I have always believed that genuine democracy is fairness.
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.
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 see or hear and don't need to know.
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'm an advocate of evolutionary, not revolutionary, changes.
People call me an anti-reformer. That's absolutely stupid.
American envoys came to see me before the crisis in Iraq and asked me to say that there were nuclear weapons in Iraq. I refused. They even told me that things would go well for Belarus in terms of investments, etc. All I had to do was to support them. I told them that I couldn't do it because I knew that there were no nuclear weapons there.
If you get a child when you're 50, you'll understand what children are.
A president has - and I had it even before I became president - a very special relationship with the people, a connection based on feelings.
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.Collection: Nice
If someone is a lesbian, it's man's fault.Collection: Men
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.Collection: Outcomes
We do not need an imported system for falsifying elections! We will create our own, one run by the state!Collection: Running
Whoever was shouting about dictatorship there... when I heard that, I thought: it's better to be a dictator than gay.Collection: Memorable
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.Collection: Country
A thug only understands you when you speak his languageCollection: Memorable
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.Collection: Country
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 UnionCollection: Breakup
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 betterCollection: Zoos
Milosevic was an outstanding politician who gave his all to serving his fatherland.Collection: Politician
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.Collection: Memorable
Who can guarantee that he [Alexander Milinkevich, a Belarussian opposition presidential candidate] is the most promising candidate capable of competing with the incumbent president?Collection: Guarantees That
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.Collection: Misled