Russia should be an effective and competitive state with a sustainable economy, developed social and political system flexible to changes domestically and globally.

It's better not to argue with women.

It's better to be hanged for loyalty than be rewarded for betrayal.

You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.

Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right.

People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves.

We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.

I think every person should have some faith inside him, in his heart. What matters is not an external display of this faith, but the inner state of the soul.

Maybe they have nothing else to do in America but to talk about me.

Hitler wanted to destroy Russia- everyone needs to remember how that ended

I don’t regret anything. I did everything absolutely correctly.

Passion is simply energy, and we all have energy within us which implies you already have all the passion you need within you.

When you tell your dreams you gotta tell people you trust, 'cause sometimes they’ll snatch your dream right away from you.

It is impossible to know the whole depth of someone’s character from a single moment, but seeing how they respond to the unexpected is a great start.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Married men make the best husbands.

This is a very difficult thing to remain independent and persistent.

My main expertise is in the past, but if I have to extrapolate into the future, I would say: no good news any time soon and an obvious exit strategy is not apparent to me.

In my 20s I used to cry about why I wasn’t thinner or prettier, but I want to add that I also used to cry about things like: ‘I wish my hair would grow faster. I wish I had different shoes …

There's no good idea that cannot be improved on.