Alexander Lukashenko Quotes

I am in favour of a dictatorship.

The Kremlin, this cadre of people supporting Vladimir Putin, and Vladimir Putin himself understand is strength, is resolve.

The divine impeccability of the immortal [Soviet] State turned out not only to have suppressed individual human beings but also to have defended them, to have comforted them in their weakness, to have justified their insignificance. The State had taken on its own shoulders the entire weight of responsibility; it had liberated people from the chimera of conscience.

Dictators are interesting, no?

We as governors, whether we're Republican or Democrat, we really believe that we know what's best for our people. And in Arizona, and particularly we're very interested about natural resources.

I could never go into politics, because I'm far too impatient and I'd want to be a dictator, albeit a benevolent one... I would hope.

a political machine of the greatest importance of the state.

The media believes that what Obama was gonna do when he took over, go dictator immediately, that was what this country needs, finally central government running everything.

My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian ruling style is characteristic of me.

The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.

Dictatorships by their nature are unrepresentative as they neglect the social needs of the people.

Had I been a dictator, I would still be governing.

If people cannot limit government they will not for long be free.

Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people.

A government is the most dangerous threat to man

As soon as people drop the reins on government, government will leash the people.

Syria is lucky to have Bashar al-Assad as her President.

The state is the executive committee of the ruling class.

Every State is a dictatorship.

But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.

We have moved from an age in which government leaders sought to do what was best for the people to one in which the political leadership is convinced it knows what is best for the people, whether they like it or not.

I am president, I don't own the country so they are not my forces.

The only game [Vladimir] Putin can play is to establish a lifelong dictatorship in the country, at first de facto and finally also de jure. In this case, [Dmitri] Medvedev is an interim figure bound to assist Putin in his plan to guarantee a smooth transition to a new term in office.

If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern!

Every State is a despotism, be the despot one or many.