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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.

— Anatoly Chubais

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

As prime minister, I was able often to meet people, to try to understand their needs and the country's economic situation - but it wasn't as if I was planning or ever expected to become president, so I wasn't thinking back then of what I would do if I was in this position, I was just trying to understand the problems and challenges.

— Thein Sein

I came into politics because of my opposition to what a Tory Government was doing to the community I grew up in.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions.

— John Key

I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't.

— John Major

I was not a politician.

— John Hewson

But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive.

— Jane Byrne

My first real experience of ambition was as party leader. It was my ambition for Labour to win, in which event I would be prime minister.

— Neil Kinnock

Rajeev Gandhi was prime minister. We've had a long family relationship with them. He asked me to fight an election, and I went ahead and did it. But I was not qualified as a politician, and I am not going back there again.

— Amitabh Bachchan

In 1995, I was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

— John E. Walker

✗Opposing Perspectives

I was leader of the Opposition when Vajpayee was PM. We attacked policies, not personalities, neither inside or outside the House.

— Sharad Pawar