Alexander Lukashenko Quotes & Sayings

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 better — Alexander Lukashenko

We do not need an imported system for falsifying elections! We will create our own, one run by the state! — Alexander Lukashenko

Who can guarantee that he [Alexander Milinkevich, a Belarussian opposition presidential candidate] is the most promising candidate capable of competing with the incumbent president? — Alexander Lukashenko

Whoever was shouting about dictatorship there ... when I heard that, I thought: it's better to be a dictator than gay — Alexander Lukashenko

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. — Alexander Lukashenko

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 Union — Alexander Lukashenko

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. — Alexander Lukashenko

A thug only understands you when you speak his language — Alexander Lukashenko

If someone is a lesbian, it's man's fault. — Alexander Lukashenko

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. — Alexander Lukashenko

Milosevic was an outstanding politician who gave his all to serving his fatherland. — Alexander Lukashenko

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. — Alexander Lukashenko

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. — Alexander Lukashenko

It's better to be a dictator than gay. — Alexander Lukashenko

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. — Alexander Lukashenko