Ukraine Quotes

I grew up in the Ukraine `til I was about 7, and then I moved to L.A.

Ukraine had quite serious impact on the many Russians. They could see that ordinary people in Ukraine which is a bordering state, very close to Russia, the people of this state are, they didn`t want to tolerate anymore the power abuse by Ukrainian officials.

Nobody is coming to this place to learn about Ukraine democracy or to be inspired by the courage of Tibetan monks,

I call on all parties to accept the verdict of the ballot box and to refrain from rhetoric which may fuel division in Ukraine.

I met a lady there from Buffalo, Mo., and I shared about the mission trip we took to the Ukraine last year and how I had saw a little girl there who I wished I could take home with me, ... That`s when she told me she knew a lady who worked for an adoption agency and how they bring these Russian kids over to stay with host families for a couple of weeks.

As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine`s democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko.

The demonstrators in Ukraine will persevere and succeed, or grow tired, cold and fade.

The Western media tends to place a lot of emphasis on official institutions in Ukraine such as its supreme court, the central election commission, and the parliament. In reality, the people of Ukraine now control their destiny.

The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents.

Thirteen years after the end of the Soviet Union, the American press establishment seemed eager to turn Ukraine`s protested presidential election on November 21 into a new cold war with Russia.

Ukraine will undergo a catastrophe if its political elite does not put the country`s interests above career ambitions and narrow prejudices.

We must improve our lives and we will do it together - all of our citizens and myself as president of Ukraine.

Europe will support Ukraine, and Ukraine will build mutually beneficial relations with all nations, including the European Union.

There is only one conflict in Ukraine today and it is between the regime and the people.

Ukraine must once again be revered and respected by its citizens as well as the East and the West.

Ukraine is also successfully moving toward democracy and making progress expanding freedoms and rights to its people. We can help Ukraine achieve these goals and improve its economy by normalizing trade relations.

Ukraine has been a strong partner to the United States on international initiatives and a committed ally in fighting the War on Terrorism.

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There is, ... no single global strategy that works in terms of democratic openness. Sometimes it happens from the bottom up and sometimes it happens from the up down, and to be successful it usually has to work in both ways. There has to be elite that wants change, though that desire can be supported and driven by popular participation. For example in Chile, the Philippines and Korea it required pressure on leaders on top to open up their systems and those pressures couldn`t have come only from civil society. In Ukraine and Georgia on the other hand there was obviously a big push from below -- pressure in both directions is necessary. There is not one single strategy that produces democratic transition.

the West was acting like a courteous gentleman or even a skilled lover, trying to defend Ukraine, although the Russian government behaved like an impotent rapist.

I won`t go into an election with people who have so discredited Ukraine.