Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation to sin.

A total of 1,580 people, the civilian population, suffered as a result of the bloody wave of terrorist acts that swept over Moscow and other towns and villages of our country.

You can build a throne with bayonets, but it's difficult to sit on it.

Gorbachev gave us freedom of worship and freedom of speech and freedom to see what was going on and freedom to vote, but that freedom won't last unless it is underpinned by economic freedom.

It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical

A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.

Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just and idea, just pie in the sky.

We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.

Liberty sets the mind free, fosters independence and unorthodox thinking and ideas. But it does not offer instant prosperity or happiness and wealth to everyone.

A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high ideal.

I cannot shift the blame for Chechnya, for the sorrow of numerous mothers and fathers. I made the decision, therefore I am responsible.

Not every man has the courage & strength to handle a deep women.

How much blood will it take to make them stop? How many more children must die?

Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.

If you wave a flag, make it an American Flag.

It's a very confusing era that we're in.

If you read angry political blogs, substitute Obama with my daddy and you'll usually learn a lot about the author.

When you have no real power, go public - really public. The public is where the real power is.

When the decision is up before you-and on my desk I have a motto which says "The buck stops here"-the decision has to be made.

Frank Lampard has a vision for seeing things.

My plate is full with just acting. I want to focus on that, and then maybe direct in the future.