"It's better to be a dictator than gay."
"There are dictators a bit worse than me, no? I'm the lesser evil already."
"My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian ruling style is characteristic of me."
"Permit me to be immodest, but I did something for this country."
"No matter who comes to Belarusian land, I will fight. Even if it is Putin."
"An authoritarian style of rule is characteristic of me, and I have always admitted it."
"You need to control the country, and the main thing is not to ruin people's lives."
"I am sure that it is the Belarus people who are the masters in our state."
"We will remain independent for as long as our economy develops as needed. We won't be able to maintain our independence if we ruin the economy."
"We have always argued that attempts to isolate Belarus, like other countries, lead to a dead end. In this situation, everyone loses."
"We will ensure the interests of both the East and the West in Belarus. Don't try to rip us apart; don't try to make us collide with Russia or with the West."
"I have only you, the people of Belarus, and I will serve to the last of my days."
"If you give me carte blanche for any destruction and any revolutionary transformations, if that is what you want, then for God's sake, we will do it. The issue is not me: the issue is society."
"Innovations, IT technologies, privatisation - it is all clear. We've conquered all of them. But everything is, very simply, one should get undressed and work."
"From my point of view, this is the best time of the year. I don't love heat. I'm a winter guy."
"American democracy has two faces."
"We are trying to work around the world. We would like very much to cooperate with the United States."
"I am not afraid of mass media."
"You know that in the Eurasian space, Russia is the central state, the most powerful state. But to become an empire, a member of some empire, a province in this empire - you know, we're probably not ready for that yet, neither in Kazakhstan nor in Belarus."
"The sanctions which the West introduced against Russia seriously affect us."
"The history of Germany is a mold for the history of Belarus."
"It took centuries to form the German order."
"Belarus is not the Middle East. The policies of Belarussian and Middle Eastern leaders are cardinally different from one another."
"I am reproached for allegedly preparing my children, my eldest son, as a successor. I swear to you I have never discussed this idea, even with my family or with my sons."
"I ask myself what is a dictator? I don't understand. It is some kind of terrible person, a bad person. But I am not frightening. I am not a bad person at all."
