“Politics should not interfere with sports. And sports should impact politics.”

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.

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.

A highly intelligent man should take a primitive woman. Imagine if on top of everything else, I had a woman who interfered with my work.

Love the work, love its worth. Distractions everywhere, interfering. Slowing down the train. Learn to love it daily, the rest leads to pain.

If you love a person you will not interfere with his personal life. You would not dare to break the boundaries of his inner world.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

I don’t wish to be without my brains, tho’ they doubtless interfere with a blind faith which would be very comfortable.

I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected.

We know well that mistakes are more easily detected in the works of others than in one’s own.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.