“U.S. society doesn’t want to play the role of international policeman.”

If the nation is not capable of preserving itself and reproducing, if it loses it vital bearings and ideals, then it doesn’t need foreign enemies – it will fall apart on its own.

You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.

You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.

Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.

The Comrade Wolf knows whom to eat, as the saying goes. It knows whom to eat and is not about to listen to anyone, it seems.

I’m convinced that democracy cannot be exported from one country to another, like you cannot expert revolutions, ideology.

Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state – a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.

Absolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.

Absolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.

Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms.

Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.

Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.

We don’t need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.

I don’t read books by people who have betrayed the Motherland.

Journalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist’s job is very interesting.

The whole world recognizes Russia’s cultural achievements. It is impossible to imagine the world culture without Russian culture, without our music and literature.

Would the world be in the mess it is if we were loyal to love and not to countries?

I think the city of Washington itself is insular to a certain extent. You have to get out in the country to realize what is going on and discover that the perceptions in Washington aren’t necessarily accurate.

A man thinks he is dying for his country,” said Anatole France, “but he is dying for a few industrialists.” But even that is saying too much. What one dies for is not even so substantial and tangible as an industrialist.

I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I love.

Around the world we have girls in primary school at about the same rate now as boys, but keeping them in quality secondary schools is where the world is lagging. I’m seeing a lot of countries look at this now.

The more country that my music gets, the less it fits into the country world today. It’s almost like there needs to be two genres, modern country and country?

I didn’t talk to anybody and say, “I’m going to do a speech, do you go some ideas?” This is something I did on my own because I care very deeply about the country.

Fragments of the natural method must be sought with the greatest care. This is the first and last desideratum among botanists. Nature makes no jumps. All taxa show relationships on all sides like the countries on a map of the world.