Belarus Quotes:

(Imitating a Belarus citizen commenting on their national flag) Stupid National Anthem....Look at this flag; Two bears fighting over a pineapple. What kind of message does that send to the world? Come to Belarus, where wild animals will steal your fruit

- Bill Bailey

topic: Stupid, Fighting, Animal, Wild Animal, Belarus

My homeland of Belarus is an unlikely place for an Internet revolution. The country, controlled by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko since 1994, was once described by Condoleezza Rice as 'the last outpost of tyranny in Europe.'

- Evgeny Morozov

source: "How dictators watch us on the web" by Bruce Sterling, www.wired.com. December 10, 2009.

topic: Country, Europe, President, Internet Revolution, Belarus

Stupid National Anthem... Look at this flag; Two bears fighting over a pineapple. What kind of message does that send to the world? "Come to Belarus, where wild animals will steal your fruit."

- Bill Bailey

source: "Tinselworm". Documentary, Comedy, 2008.

topic: Funny, Stupid, Humor, Belarus

My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.

- Gary Vaynerchuk

topic: Mom, Running, Country, Cactus, Belarus

With some reservation, it can be said that certain democratic elements are present in Georgia as well; but it is very clear that the government has to pronounce its explicit wish to resign before something is going to happen. On the western front, only Belarus is an exception.

- Garry Kasparov

source: Source: www.rferl.org

topic: Government, Wish, Elements, Explicit, Belarus

How have relations with Iran and Belarus benefited Venezuela? We are interested in countries that have democracies, that respect human rights, that we have an affinity with. What affinity do we have with Iran?

- Henrique Capriles Radonski

source: "Hugo Chávez rival pledges seismic shift in foreign policy" by Jonathan Watts, Virginia Lopez, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2012.

topic: Country, Rights, Iran, Venezuela, Belarus