Please, please stop saying that Ukraine is a corrupt country, because from now, it's not true. We want to change this image.
Volodymyr ZelenskyRead
Let's build a country of opportunities, where everybody is equal before the law and where the rules of the game are honest and transparent, and the same for everyone.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of equality and fairness in society.
Volodymyr Zelensky calls for the creation of a nation that upholds equal rights for all individuals, ensuring that laws are applied uniformly and transparently. This vision advocates for a fair system where everyone has equal opportunities and is treated with justice, implying that such a framework is vital for building a prosperous and cohesive society.
In practice
During a political rally to inspire hope in the community.
Please, please stop saying that Ukraine is a corrupt country, because from now, it's not true. We want to change this image.
I will not agree to go to war in the Donbass. I know there are a lot of hotheads, especially those who hold rallies and say, 'Let's go fight and win it all back!' But at what price? What is the cost? It's another story of lives and land. And I won't do it.
When Ukrainians and Israelis speak to each other, each side respects the other.
If there is no Ukrainian strong army, there will be no Ukraine, and that will be the case when everyone will understand... it's not the war in Ukraine, it's the war in Europe. We are defending our country, our land. We are not attacking anyone, because that is immoral.
People don't really believe in words. Or rather, people believe in words only for a stretch of time. Then they start to look for action.
I would never want Ukraine to be a piece on the map, on the chessboard of big global players, so that someone could toss us around, use us as cover, as part of some bargain.
And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.
Not only can no one predict the future, we don't understand the present - and there isn't even any certainty about the past.
The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveler, who takes rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way.
My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
Crazy Horse dreamed and went into the world where there is nothing but the spirits of things. That is the real world that is behind this one, and everything we see here is something like a shadow from that world.... It was this vision that gave him his great power, for when he went into a fight, he had only to think of that world to be in it again, so that he could go through anything and not be hurt
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