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

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.

Policies are being pursued that place on the same level a multi-child family and a same-sex partnership, a faith in God and a belief in Satan. This is the path to degradation.

We must not forget that God created us equal.

Libya is divided into tribes and clans.

We’re no longer in the Cold War. Eavesdropping on friends is unacceptable.

There are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination.

Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy.

Iraq is a small but very proud nation.

Russia does not and cannot have any political choice but democracy.

One can truly enjoy his or her life only while experiencing it.

The Russian people have their own cultural code, their own tradition.

The Russian people and Russian culture are the linchpin, the glue that binds together this unique civilization.

A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.

My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.

I just think a hustler’s ambition is that I never stop. I start off hustling and said I’ll never stop hustling. An ambitious hustler is the one to hustle the hustlers. When I grew up, my heroes were hustlers. Now I’m their hero.

Has justice ever grown in the soil of absolute power? Has not justice always come from the … heart and spirit of men who resist power?

Caterpillars must grow- destroy what it is you think you know.

When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.

Learn to dissect yourself into pieces before you can perfect your growth.

The old soul grows younger in your arms.