Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Nursultan Nazarbayev

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a politician Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Last updated on September 20, 2024.

Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev or Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev is a Kazakh politician who served as the first President of Kazakhstan, in office from 1990 until his formal resignation in 2019, and as the Chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2022. He held the special title as Elbasy from 2010 to 2022. Nazarbayev was one of the longest-ruling non-royal leaders in the world, having led Kazakhstan for nearly three decades, excluding chairmanship in the Security Council after the end of his presidency. He was named First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR in 1989 and was elected as the nation's first president shortly before its independence from the Soviet Union.

Politician | Born: July 6, 1940

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We must strive to encourage East and West not only to move towards each other but also to encourage them to find a new philosophy, a philosophy which will serve as a tool determining the future of Planet Earth - our common and only shelter.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

It is extremely important that mass media, having freed from the relics of the Cold War, served for peace and dialogue between nations and religions, the rich and the poor, countries and continents.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

We call upon all sides to stop hostilities and restart peace talks.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

Interethnic and spiritual accord is our strategic resource, the basis for progress of our society and state.

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We're working on accession to the WTO very actively. We still have several countries with which we need to conclude agreements and possibly that will happen next year.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

As of today, we do not need expert reports by the authoritative analytical institutions to realise that the reasons for such a situation in our community lie in global inequality, poverty and illiteracy.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

When we were engaged in the problems of survival we had no time to have anything to do with culture.

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We have to acknowledge peace is in danger and mankind still has not realised the priority to be given to world dialogue versus armed contradiction and bloodshed.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

We know that golf is an ancient game with great history and tradition, but our golf is only 10 years old so don't judge us too harshly.

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In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism.

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North Eurasia is one of the best examples of religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence of Islam and Christianity. This is a rare thing in today's world, even in its most liberal parts.

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The terrorists whatever slogans they use have nothing in common with Islam.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

For centuries we have been living in the society where not laws but people ruled, where there was no legal state.

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