Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain.
Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains.
Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right.
We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.
Everything will probably never be OK. But we have to try for it.
Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves.
Terrorism has no nationality or religion.
I don't read books by people who have betrayed the Motherland.
I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. I collect emotions. I am wealthy in that the people of Russia have twice entrusted me with the leadership of a great nation such as Russia - I believe that is my greatest wealth.
We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today's complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not.
You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.
Nobody should pin their hopes on a miracle.
History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior.
The centuries-old history and culture of India, majestic architectural monuments and museums of Delhi, Agra and Mumbai have a unique attractive force.
I have always loved and avidly read the novels of Jack London, Jules Verne and Ernest Hemingway. The characters depicted in their books, who are brave and resourceful people embarking on exciting adventures, definitely shaped my inner self and nourished my love for the outdoors.
The point of conservatism is not that it prevents movement forward and upward, but that it prevents movement backward and downward, into chaotic darkness and a return to a primitive state.
The transfer of power is always a test of the constitutional system, a test of its strength.
I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected.
NATO was built to counteract the Soviet Union in its day and time. At this point there is no threat coming from the Soviet Union, because there is no Soviet Union anymore. And where there was the Soviet Union once, there is now a number of countries, among them the new and democratic Russia.
The task of the government is not only to pour honey into a cup, but sometimes to give bitter medicine.
