“Everything will probably never be OK. But we have to try for it.”

Life is inevitably related to a certain level of risk.

I insist that people – wherever they live – have their rights and they must be able to fight for them.

I’m eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they’ve trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.

f you aspire to be a leader of your own country, you must speak your own language, for God’s sake.

China is a great country with a great culture, populated by fascinating, industrious and talented people.

I spend a little time every day to play sports.

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.

I hope you realize how special you are, how your existence brings light to the people around you just like the moon and the dark night sky.

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

It breaks my heart in half watching your spirit fall. So when the light is fading, can I be the one you call?

But the real hope comes from the people. And it all starts with awareness.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes

Allow your heart to paint a hopeful sky of miracles.

I hope one day to be the mother I never had.

Oh, how beautifully you will bloom again.