Aslan Maskhadov quotes
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“Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.”
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“I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president of a republic at war.”
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“Western States keep playing with, and around, Russia.”
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“A foreign ideology cannot be introduced into Chechnya - were it through an Arab or al-Qaeda. Our experience is rich and long enough for us to be Muslims and know what jihad is.”
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“The war is ending, for the first time in the history of relations between Moscow and Grozny, and the era of peace is starting.”
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“It would be easier to fight the Russian army, and it would give me great satisfaction, but I have a responsibility to my people”
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“It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be made combat ready. That will take time. Russia has a lot of economic, social and political problems much more important than Chechnya.”
-- Aslan Maskhadov
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“My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent.”
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Source : Alan Lightman (2011). “Einstein's Dreams”, p.33, Vintage
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“A craving for freedom and independence is generated only in a man still living on hope.”
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“The attributes of sovereignty are now enjoyed by every state in the Union.”
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“Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.”
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“... passion for survival is the great theme of women's poetry.”
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“A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival.”
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