“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.”

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.

If there are people who act outside the law, then the state must use legal means to impose law in the interests of majority.

Despite all the achievements of civilisation, the human being is still one of the most vulnerable creatures on earth.

Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England – where liberal value have deep historic roots.

It’s better not to argue with women.

Life is inevitably related to a certain level of risk.

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

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.

She says that her love for me would never die, but that would change if she found out about you and I.

What is needed is not a change of circumstance, but a change of consciousness.

What we do on Sunday absolutely doesn’t matter unless it meets us on Monday. Changes us on Monday. Transforms us on Monday.

Life happens. There is no point in being upset or down about things we can’t control or change.

I change my style maybe every month. I’m, like, punk one month, ghetto fab the next, classy the next. I’m just young and finding out who I am.

We can’t change the world unless we change ourselves.

Worry is a waste of energy. It cant change the past. It cant control the future. It only makes today miserable.

One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.