My English is very bad.
Even if we do not always agree on every aspect, nobody should take this as an excuse to declare us as enemies.
The task of the government is not only to pour honey into a cup, but sometimes to give bitter medicine.
With regards to big business, I spoke about this a few years ago at one of the public meetings with our business leaders. I warned them that this situation, which we see today, could develop. I warned them about this and recommended at the time that our business keeps its capital in Russia.
If you want my personal attitude, I would tell you that I don’t care about a person’s sexual orientation.
We will not allow the past to drag us down and stop us from moving ahead. We understand where we should move.
Despite all the achievements of civilisation, the human being is still one of the most vulnerable creatures on earth.
At last, Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state – a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.
You don’t get to be a respected intellectual by uttering truisms in monosyllables.
The struggle against poverty in the world and the challenge of cutting wealthy country emissions, all has a single, very simple solution. … Here it is: Put a price on carbon.
There are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination.
I’m eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they’ve trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.
The day will come – and it is not far off – when the legacy of Lincoln will finally be fulfilled at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, when a black man or woman will sit in the Oval Office. When that day comes, the most remarkable thing about it will be how naturally it occurs.
Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen.
Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favor of free speech.
Take the firearms first, and then go to court. A lot of times by the time you go to court, it takes so long to go to court to get the due process procedures, I like taking the guns early … Take the gun first, go through due process second.
I have the greatest supporters in the world. By the way they’re the smartest, they’re the hardest working, they pay taxes.
I hope my own children never have to fight a war.
Germany is the place where when Hitler was the prime minister and supreme commander, he burned over six million Jews. This is because Hitler and all German people knew that Israelis are not people who are working in the interest of the world and that is why they burned the Israelis alive with gas in the soil of Germany.
If you think about the way the society works in general, it works pretty much the way the founding fathers said. The society should be governed by those who own it, and they intend to follow Adam Smith’s vile maxim. That’s at the core of things.
While maintaining our nuclear potential at the proper level, we need to devote more attention to developing the entire range of means of information warfare.
Anarchism calls for an elimination to tyranny, all kinds of tyranny. Including the kind of tyranny that’s internal to private power concentrations. So why should we prefer it? Well I think because freedom is better than subordination. It’s better to be free than to be a slave.
