Quotable notes

"We, the Latvian people, have not been put by the good Lord on this earth to make Russia happy. We have our own lives to live and as we see fit. And we wish the Russians joy, and we wish them a happy and prosperous life."

- Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, responding to comments that Latvia's membership in NATO would anger Russia, as quoted on March 8 by The Washington Post in the article "A Latvian First and Always" by Nora Boustany.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, March 26, 2006, No. 13, Vol. LXXIV

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