“I believe that the presidential term should be limited.”

It is necessary to suppress any extremist actions, on all sides, regardless of their origin.

It is wrong to make anyone into an enemy; it is wrong to scare the people of one’s own country with that enemy and try to rally some allies on that basis.

To forgive the terrorists is up to God, but to send them to him is up to me.

I am convinced that the norm in Russia should become a family with three children.

Terrorism has no nationality or religion.

Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves.

Being gay is not a crime.

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.

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

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.

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.

The limited circle is pure.

That’s what I feel like my music represents, having no limits or restrictions.

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.

The limitation of the ethical phenomenon to its place and time does not imply its rejection but, on the contrary, its validation. One does not use canons to shoot sparrows.

There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.

Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for she was born in another time.

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.