Dmitry Yazov quotes

Dmitry Yazov was a Soviet military leader and the last Marshal of the Soviet Union. Notably, he served as the Soviet Minister of Defense during a pivotal era in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He played a controversial role in the August 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev. Here are 3 of his quotes:

My real friend was my first wife. I could share everything with her without exception. That's how it came together that she became both a wife and a friend. A friend in the full sense of the word happens once in a lifetime or does not happen at all.

Dmitry Yazov

I cry only for joy. I can see something beautiful and cry. And I'm not ashamed of it. After all, crying from joy is much better than from weakness.

Dmitry Yazov