Viktor Yushchenko

“You are standing on the square, and you are not a crowd, you are a nation!”

“My face has changed, but my beliefs have not.”

“Ukraine is a European country. It is not a question, it is a statement.”

“We are a nation of 48 million people and are a European country.”

“We are ending a system in which the state is a parasite on business.”

“Our path is to Europe. We do not want to go half the way to Europe.”

“We have to get out of the shadow of Russia.”

“I would like to see the truth about the Holodomor and the crime of the 1930s finally established.”

“Corruption is the cancer that is eating away at the Ukrainian state.”

“We are building a democracy, not a 'managed democracy,' but a real one.”

“Independence is a great responsibility.”

“The Orange Revolution was a victory for the people, not for any one politician.”

“Freedom of the press is a cornerstone of our new Ukraine.”