“Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions of national self-government, and not the realisation of standards foisted on us from outside.”

Democracy is an internal subject of the developing society.

Haha come fight us now Napoleon.

The United States and Russian security services regularly exchange information.

Our military might is the guarantor of Russia’s security and independence.

I believe that the presidential term should be limited.

My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust.

Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing in creating human victims. An end must be put to this. As never before, it is vital to unite forces of the entire world community against terror.

Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen.

Democracy is not possible without effectively working legal system.

I would prefer to abandon the terminology of the past.

The more intermediaries there are, the more problems there are.

The growing economic potential of India and Russia is mutually complementary in many respects.

Our society, including the liberals, must understand that there must be order.

The state security bodies should not be seen as an institution that works against society and the state; one needs to understand what makes them work against their own people.

We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.

I think the international community should unite to fight such inhuman phenomena as terror attacks and the murder of totally innocent people.

I will ensure that Japan keeps getting better, better this year than last year, and better next year than this year.

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

I love the yellow sun. It reminds me of Russia in the 30s for some reason.

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.

I’ve always believed in the strength and resilience of the American people.

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.

We cannot allow ourselves to go on divided.