A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high ideal..

Storm clouds of terror and dictatorship are gathering over the whole country... They must not be allowed to bring eternal night..

The main problem with being president is the constant sense that you are inside a glass bowl for everyone to see, or in a kind of barometric chamber ….

I am convinced that the moment is coming when, with its message of eternal, universal values, it will come to the aid of our society. For in these wo….

Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation to sin..

Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your ….

We Russians are already living, not getting ready to live..

Gorbachev gave us freedom of worship and freedom of speech and freedom to see what was going on and freedom to vote, but that freedom won't last unle….

There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those….

The Soviet Union could not exist without the image of the empire. The image of the empire could not exist without the image of force. The USSR ended ….

There were no strategic mistakes that could affect Russia's history and it further development. No, there were no such mistakes. Tactical errors were….

We are well aware from which countries and through which countries the terrorists are receiving support. In the immediate future I shall be calling u….

Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just and idea, just pie in the sky..

It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more ….

A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame..

We all have an equal interest in stability and security throughout Europe. The years the OSCE has existed, and particularly this year, have given ris….

The West has not lived through totalitarianism, with a single ideology for 70 years.We are escaping from the burden of the past, and onlyafter we hav….

I believe in this tragic hour you can make the right choice. The honor and glory of Russian men of arms shall not be stained with the blood of the pe….

We, Russia, are prepared to work with others. I am convinced that stability and security in Europe cannot be considered without taking Russia into ac….

Liberty sets the mind free, fosters independence and unorthodox thinking and ideas. But it does not offer instant prosperity or happiness and wealth ….

A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away..