One has to be insincere and promise something which you cannot fulfill. So you either have to be a fool who does not understand what you are promising, or deliberately be lying.

My personal position is that society must keep children safe.

Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves.

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

The centuries-old history and culture of India, majestic architectural monuments and museums of Delhi, Agra and Mumbai have a unique attractive force.

He who does not regret the break-up of the Soviet Union has no heart; he who wants to revive it in its previous form has no head.

It's a historical phenomenon that in 250 years, a nation could move from a colony into the most prosperous nation of the world and the leader of the world. It is indeed an achievement, a tribute to the talent of the American nation, the American people and an optimal political and economic system.

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

The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests.

If you aspire to be a leader of your own country, you must speak your own language, for God's sake.

My English is very bad.

Iraq is a small but very proud nation.

I think the American people should express their preferences, and we'll accept their choice.

I think every person should have some faith inside him, in his heart. What matters is not an external display of this faith, but the inner state of the soul.

How does one control weight? By not overeating. How does one stay in shape? One plays sports. There are no magic pills here.

The United States and Russian security services regularly exchange information.

The Russian people have unilaterally made their choice in direction of democracy in the early '90s. They will not be led astray. Nobody should be having any doubts.

Russia and China are very natural partners. We are neighbors with an immense common border.

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.

In the modern world, those who are weak will get unambiguous advice from foreign visitors which way to go and what policy course to pursue.

A considerable share of the world's population still cannot afford comfortable housing, education and quality health care.

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

I think the international community should unite to fight such inhuman phenomena as terror attacks and the murder of totally innocent people.

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

No one should be allowed to violently trample on the law.

My parents told me that children were taken from their families in 1941, and my mother had a child taken from her - with the goal of saving him.

The more intermediaries there are, the more problems there are.

Radicals can be found in any environment.

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.

All attempts to appease the Nazis between 1934 and 1939 through various agreements and pacts were morally unacceptable and politically senseless, harmful and dangerous.

I believe that the presidential term should be limited.

President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia.

It's alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States.

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

Indeed, Russia and the U.S. were allies during the two tragic conflicts of the Second and the First World Wars, which allows us to think there's something objectively bringing us together in difficult times, and I think - I believe - it has to do with geopolitical interests and also has a moral component.

I see that not everyone in the West has understood that the Soviet Union has disappeared from the political map of the world and that a new country has emerged with new humanist and ideological principles at the foundation of its existence.

Where in the world have you seen construction people who do everything on time, with good quality and at minimal prices? Just give me one country like that. A country like that doesn't exist in the world, you know. There's not one such country anywhere in the world.

I have never stated Russia is an energy superpower, but we have more reserves than almost anybody else. We have always behaved, and we will continue to behave, in a responsible way. We intend to participate in the elaboration of common rules in the energy sector and to abide by rules which are developed together.

The growing economic potential of India and Russia is mutually complementary in many respects.

The leaders of the world's largest economies agreed during the November 2008 G20 summit not to create barriers hindering global trade and capital flows. Russia shares these principles.

Libya is divided into tribes and clans.

Demographers affirm that choosing to have a second child is already a potential choice in favour of a third.

Russia does not and cannot have any political choice but democracy. I want to say, and even stress, that we share those universal democratic principles taken around the whole world.

I spend a little time every day to play sports.

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

If there are people who act outside the law, then the state must use legal means to impose law in the interests of majority. That's the way it's done in the U.S., and that's the way it's done in Russia.

It's Russia some people would like to get rid of. They are still afraid of our nuclear deterrent. We have our own foreign policy whether they like it or not.

McCain fought in Vietnam - I think that he has enough civilian blood on his hands.

U.S. society doesn't want to play the role of international policeman.

As far as oligarchs who acquire sports team abroad, and invest money abroad, I wouldn't treat this phenomenon as something bad.