Quotable notes

"The phenomenon of the uniformed criminal has reached the scale of a national epidemic. ... The image of a corrupt law enforcer has become so terribly commonplace that people fear the uniformed criminal more than the bandit who routinely breaks the law."

- Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma in his Independence Day speech on August 23, as quoted by Ukrainian Television and cited by RFE/RL Newsline.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, August 31, 2003, No. 35, Vol. LXXI

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