Political Quotes

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

The Public Record

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the President of Ukraine, having taken office in May 2019. A former comedian and television producer, he gained prominence through his role in the television series 'Servant of the People,' where he played a schoolteacher who unexpectedly becomes president. Zelenskyy ran for office as a political outsider, campaigning on anti-corruption and reform agendas. His leadership has been particularly noted during the ongoing conflict with Russia, where he has sought to rally international support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Quotes by year · 202120261,276 total · peak 2025 (504)
2021: 4 quotes2022: 351 quotes2023: 40 quotes2024: 26 quotes2025: 504 quotes2026: 351 quotes
Sep 12, 2022

Without gas or without you? Without you. Without light or without you? Without you. Without water or without you? Without you. Without food or without you? Without you. Cold, hunger, darkness, thirst are not as frightens or deadly for us…

msnbc.com
Sep 11, 2022

Without light or without you? Without you. Without water or without you? Without you. Without food or without you? Without you. Cold, hunger, darkness and thirst are not as scary and deadly for us as your 'friendship and brotherhood.'

msnbc.com
Sep 11, 2022

From the beginning of September until today, our soldiers have already liberated more than 6,000 square kilometers of the territory of Ukraine, in the east and south, the movement of our troops continues.

transcripts.cnn.com
Aug 23, 2022

We're holding on for six months. It's difficult for us, but we clench fists fighting for our fate. What is the end of the war for us? We used to say 'peace.' Now, we say, 'victory.'

transcripts.cnn.com
Aug 23, 2022

We are all here defending our independence, our state, and it will remain so. Glory to our defenders. Glory to our women defenders. Glory to Ukraine.

transcripts.cnn.com
Aug 22, 2022

This is not our responsibility. She is not a citizen of our country. We are not interested in her. She is not in the territory of Ukraine, occupied or not.

transcripts.cnn.com
Jul 14, 2022

This day has once again proven that Russia must be officially recognized as a terrorist state. No other state in the world poses such a terrorist threat as Russia.

transcripts.cnn.com
Jul 6, 2022

Ukrainians are not ready to give up their land as new territories of the Russian Federation. This is our land. We have always said this, and we will never give it up.

transcripts.cnn.com
Jun 29, 2022

the question is, who is next for Russia? Moldova? The Baltic states? Poland? The answer is all of them.

msnbc.com
Jun 15, 2022

The Ukrainian army proved that courage and wisdom on the battlefield together, with the ability to tactically defeat the enemy gives significant results.

msnbc.com
May 24, 2022

I would like to express, my condolences, to all of the relatives, and family members, of the children, who were killed, in an awful shooting, in Texas.

transcripts.cnn.com
May 23, 2022

I cannot be too excited about such a meeting or meetings with the intermediaries. So I do not accept any kind of meeting with anyone coming from the Russian Federation about the President of the Russian Federation.

msnbc.com
May 23, 2022

This is the moment when we decide whether brute force will rule the world. Sanctions should be maximum, so that Russia and every other potential aggressor that wants to wage a brutal war against its neighbor would clearly know the…

msnbc.com
May 12, 2022

Special greetings and thanks from our artillerymen to the American people for the M777 Howitzer. My guys know the price of artillery. First of all, they wanted to convey that this is a high-precision and very effective weapon. Together to…

transcripts.cnn.com
May 12, 2022

Today, we can report on the 200th downed Russian military aircraft. Russia has not lost so many aircraft in any war in decades. And Russia has lost almost 27,000 soldiers.

transcripts.cnn.com
May 9, 2022

this is not a war between two armies, this is a war between two world views. There is no occupier who can take root in our free land. There is no invader who can rule over our free people. Sooner or later, we win.

msnbc.com
May 8, 2022

We are fighting for our children's freedom, and therefore we will win. We will never forget what our ancestors did in World War Two, which killed more than eight million Ukrainians. Very soon there will be two Victory Days in Ukraine and…

transcripts.cnn.com
May 8, 2022

Very soon, there will be two Victory Days in Ukraine and someone won’t have any.

msnbc.com
May 6, 2022

Mariupol will never fall because there’s nothing left. Russia has already destroyed it.

msnbc.com
May 4, 2022

The shelling and storming of Azovstal is not stopping, but civilians still need to be taken out. Women many children remain there.

transcripts.cnn.com
Apr 28, 2022

That one cannot relax yet, one cannot think that the war is over, we still need to fight.

transcripts.cnn.com
Apr 21, 2022

The 58th day of our defense is coming to an end. It ends on Good Friday, one of the most sorrowful days of the year for Christians, the day when death seems to have won, but we hope for a resurrection. We believe in the victory of life…

transcripts.cnn.com
Apr 20, 2022

President Zelenskyy said today that Russia has not engaged in war in Mariupol, that it was more like a, quote, 'terrorist operation.'

transcripts.cnn.com

Politicians like Volodymyr Zelenskyy