We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.
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Above all...intervention from abroad holds the danger that the conflict could spread beyond the borders, ... This would lead to destabilization in the Balkans with unpredictable consequences for Europe.Boris Yeltsin
I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they are made under the pretext of defending human rights and freedoms.
Boris Yeltsin
What can I say The year was difficult for this country, for many of you, and for me, too. But New Year's Eve is always about new hopes, new dreams, new plans,
Boris Yeltsin
Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your tanks and not to fight against your own people.
Boris Yeltsin
Today I am addressing you for the last time as Russian president. I have made a decision. I have contemplated this long and hard. Today, on the last day of the outgoing century, I am retiring.
Boris Yeltsin
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