"Ethics must be reintroduced to public service to restore people's faith in government. Without such faith, democracy cannot flourish. Your ambitious agenda is filling a desperate need."

“Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward....”

“An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site.”

“We, Russia, are prepared to work with others. I am convinced that stability and security in Europe cannot be considered without taking Russia into account”

Source : Boris Yeltsin's speech to the summit of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Istanbul, news.bbc.co.uk. November 18, 1999.

“I would love to go and live in the mountains... and make jam.”

Source : "Eve Best: 'Webster is like learning to eat with a chainsaw'". Interview With Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. February 25, 2012.

“So long as we are receivers of mercy, we must be givers of thanks.”

“Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim.”

“No one should be adored, it's fundamentally immoral.”

Source : Kate Millett (1990). “The Loony-bin Trip”, p.69, University of Illinois Press

“We are not merely imperfect creatures who must be improved; we are rebels who must lay down our arms.”