Medvedev gives his vision of Russia’s future
Published: 22 January, 2008, 13:21
Edited: 10 September, 2009, 16:33
First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has given his first speech as a presidential candidate. He believes developing a strong civic society is the key to the country's long-term prosperity.
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Russia is a clean slate, and that makes you the enemy because heaven help them if you get it right. Russia is a proving ground and a dangerous precedent of what might be. Its not about what you have done, its about what you could become. Russia, hang onto these leaders, they might not be getting it all right, but they good men, they will get it right. How do you start a brand new country, no easy task, I wonder about that a lot? I think I would surround myself with "good" men, set them up and tell them to pass it on. Something like, we help you set that industry up in your town, but you have to start up at least ten other entrepreneurs independently, now you have that tax revenue to build those schools, and they’ll want to do it. A pass it on culture, spreading like a blissful cancer throughout the country, imagine that… a bankers nightmare and that’s why it will work. A country is very much about a leaders attitude, and a leader with a plan is magical. You know how I know when I’ve got it right… the people that work for me become smarter than I am, they get the next thing done before I think about it, they fix the problem before I see it, and I couldn’t then stop it even if I wanted to. Go Russia!