For 73 years a totalitarian regime ruled the country. Totalitarian regime. Aleksandr Lebed More Quotes by Aleksandr Lebed More Quotes From Aleksandr Lebed And this system sorted out the Chechen war in just 20 days. This way, I used the President's power, he didn't use me. It wasn't hard for me to leave - it isn't my scene. I have nothing to do there. Aleksandr Lebed me power war way As I understand I took most so-called democratic states about 200 years on average to build their democracies. That is why, when we go to sleep under totalitarian rule and wake up in a democracy, it makes me laugh. Aleksandr Lebed laugh me democracy sleep First of all I would make about 80% of the people law-abiding citizens again. The policy which is carried out now makes every entrepreneur and businessman a thief against his own will. Aleksandr Lebed own will entrepreneur people I am a Soviet man, and Yeltsin is a Soviet man - maybe our grandchildren will be different. Aleksandr Lebed be-different i-am will man I counted on sixty days only, but I held out for 133. I didn't go into power, but to get power I borrowed some power from the President and made him sign a number of decrees and give me enough power to create a system capable of handling crisis situations. Aleksandr Lebed go me power enough I have equal contempt for both left and right radicals. Aleksandr Lebed right contempt left equal I mean that at least 80% of the Russian people feel destitute. It's the people who had their past and future taken from them - they don't get paid - many of them face a wall. They have nowhere to go. Aleksandr Lebed face future people past In order to build basic democracy here we'll need lives of two generations - at least forty years. Aleksandr Lebed build need democracy two There is no reason why I should call myself a democrat. Aleksandr Lebed why myself no-reason reason You must go deeper into Russia - 150 kilometres from Moscow or more, and look there. The kids are fed with cattle feed - people don't get paid for half a year. Aleksandr Lebed go look you people
