“But before any of those, there is another precious thing that presents itself before any man. That is, a dream you must fulfill for yourself and not for anybody else. Some dream of ruling the world. Some devote their entire lives to honing their swordsmanship. Some dreams are pursued alone, while other dreams devour the dreams of thousands or tens of thousands, like a storm. Dreams push them forward, dreams make them suffer. Dreams keep them alive, dreams lead to their death. And after they're abandoned by their dreams, it continues to smolder in their hearts. Every man has envisioned living a life like that at least once. To be martyred for his god, his dream. Simply going through the motions of life because you were born - I will never be able to stand that kind of life.”
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“Ruscism is worse than fascism, nazism and racism, worse than all misanthropic ideologies... Ichkeria has curbed (Russia's) appetite, but it has not stopped. There will be carnage in Crimea. Ukraine will still clash with Russia in irreconcilable circumstances. As long as Ruscism exists, it will never give up its ambitions. They want to take over Belarus, Ukraine, under the "Slavic" brand, just like in the old days. Now nobody wants to ally with Russia, not militarily, politically, economically, or even trade-wise. Russia is essentially a racketeer. By threats, tanks, and armadas it extorts money for itself. And now it threatens to give nuclear technology to Iran. And if the civilized world does not want this (to suffer), says - give us money to make up for this profit. This is what is called racketeering.”
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