“Russia is the biggest country in the world. It would be very difficult to surround it, and the world is changing so fast that it would basically be impossible, even in theory.”

Democracy cannot be exported to some other place. This must be a product of internal domestic development in a society.

It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation.

I am not prejudiced in any way.

Any fourth grade history student knows socialism has failed in every country, at every time in history.

A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in Russia.

The transfer of power is always a test of the constitutional system, a test of its strength.

The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.

There are fundamentals of democracy, and they should be understood universally in different countries.

What is a Rechtsstaat? It is obedience to the existing law.

Between major countries, there certainly always are some common ground and points of tension.

My English is very bad.

Russia and China are very natural partners. We are neighbors with an immense common border.

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

Above all, we should acknowledge that the collapse of the Soviet Union was the major geopolitical disaster of the century.

Prisons where people can’t even work is the worst punishment you can think of. And I don’t think we should put all convicts in such facilities where people are deprived of their freedom.

Russia’s big owo.

Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.

The most impressive thing about this improvement in performance was that it did not come from a major process change or an advance in technology. Instead, it came through a leadership principle that has been around for ages: Simple.

I don’t allow anybody to change me. I still walk outta my house in rollers and I take walks.

I did not have implants, I just had a growth spurt.

I love what I do, and when I don’t love what I do, I’ll make a change, I can’t be the candy queen forever.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.

I wish my hair was thicker, and I wish my feet were prettier. My toes are really ugly. I wish my ears were smaller. And my nose could be smaller too.

And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.