"Russia has made its choice in favor of democracy. Fourteen years ago, independently, without any pressure from outside, it made that decision in the interests of itself and interests of its people — o…"

"The bear will not ask anyone for permission. The bear is the master of the taiga."

"We must seek support in the moral values that have ensured the progress of our civilization."

"Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right."

"History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything super…"