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"It was almost forbidden in the Soviet Union to study the New Economic Policy."
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"A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal."

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"For instance, Clinton who was unquestionably the smartest of the bunch I talked to - both the ones who made it and didn't. He had a great interest in policy."

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"But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency."

"When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making."

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"In 1995 the whole political situation was very complicated. I was the first deputy prime minister, and at the same time I had very low influence in the government."

"Killing the private property-that was the center of the Marxist economy and Marxist ideology. That was the center of the Lenin ideology."

"I'm communicating with the directors of the Soviet companies, and I see that it is wrong, but when I go to the official discussions, they discuss we should change the color of the walls."

"There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding."

"I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council."

"I went to government for making these changes. I remember a number of guys among these important figures."

"Each university should have a Young Scholars' Committee. I became the chairman of this Committee, and immediately it was permitted to have this plan officially adopted."

"The kind of capitalism I hate most is crony capitalism, the friends who decide. These are things which should be killed in Russia."
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