Criminals were coming to Chechnya from all over the world - they did not have a place in their own countries. But they could live perfectly well in Chechnya.

I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures.

There is a rule of Sharia: If the enemy wants to suppress you, you are supposed to put up a strong resistance.

The people have already determined Chechnya's status at the referendum - it is a unit of the Russian Federation. Its political status is not to be discussed any more.

We need a strong police force - the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Chechnya. We have to get rid of the traitors who have managed to penetrate into the law-enforcement department.

I grew up in a very religious family. I could read the Qu'ran easily at the age of five.

One has to nurture a new generation, to raise children in the spirit of Islam.

Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996.

I always said that Wahhabism is unacceptable for the Chechen nation.

The attempted assassinations against me were not accidental.

The night sky is only a sort of carbon paper, Blueblack, with the much-poked periods of starsLetting in the light, peephole after peephole--- A bonewhite light, like death, behind all things.

Everybody sells something to somebody every day, whether it’s a product, a service or just a case of making sure that they get their own way.

Pride achieves almost nothing but destroys a lot.

Success in war was the only success that counted; failure was a disgrace to be wiped out only by starting another war and winning it.

College is part of the American dream. It shouldnt be part of a financial nightmare for families

The biggest challenge is not coming up with the stunt, the biggest challenge is designing a sequence around it that sort of justifies its existence.

Vlad decided that teachers' ideas were a lot like bunches of garlic-intriguing from afar, but up close sadly sickening and, if you weren't careful, DEADLY.

How wonderful are the women and men in the world who feed us. Especially those who feed us with no salary. The mothers—I thought. The wives.

I was a bit of a sleeper-inner.

There never can have been, and never can be, and there never shall be any sin without pride.