Alexander Lukashenko

If we put people to work and they are busy, we will have less crime. ”

We are trying to work around the world. We would like very much to cooperate with the United States. ”

We will remain independent for as long as our economy develops as needed. We won't be able to maintain our independence if we ruin the economy. ”

I am not afraid of mass media. ”

I understand reform to mean the perfection of what previous generations have already done. I'm not an advocate of destroying, 'kroshat,' and then selling like they do in Russia. That's how we can prevent the wild corruption in our state like they have in the other post-Soviet states. ”

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. ”