The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.

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Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms.

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Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains.

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Our aims are absolutely clear: They are a high living standard in the country and a secure, free and comfortable life.

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Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots.

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We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.

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History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior.

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Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing in creating human victims. An end must be put to this. As never before, it is vital to unite forces of the entire world community against terror.

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