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" Despite all the achievements of civilisation, the human being is still one of the most vulnerable creatures on earth. "

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" I myself know some people who are gay. We're on friendly terms. I'm not prejudiced in any way. "

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

" The United Nations' founders understood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by consensus, and with America's consent, the veto by Security Council permanent members was enshrined in the United Nations Charter. The profound wisdom of this has underpinned the stability of international relations for decades. "

" I think it's fine when the mayor of the biggest city in Russia consults the president. "

" We must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement. "

" No one doubts that poison gas was used in Syria. But there is every reason to believe it was used, not by the Syrian Army, but by opposition forces to provoke intervention by their powerful foreign patrons, who would be siding with the fundamentalists. "

" The task of the government is not only to pour honey into a cup, but sometimes to give bitter medicine. "

" Spying has always gone on since ancient times. "

" If we speak calmly, in a businesslike fashion, let me draw your attention to the fact that Russia supplies arms to the legitimate government of Syria in full compliance with the norms of international law. We are not breaching any rules and norms. "

" Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism. "

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

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

" There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy. "

" Any people has a right to self-determination, and now in Europe the process of diluting national sovereignty in the framework of a united Europe is more accepted. "

" My English is very bad. "

" Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions together under the slogan, 'You're either with us or against us.' "

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

" Terrorists are always a threat to someone. If we'll be scared of them, it means they have won. "

" No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. This is possible if influential countries bypass the United Nations and take military action without Security Council authorization. "

" I believe the U.S. already understands and will understand more and more that only a strong Russia will respond to the genuine interests of the United States. "

" The Russian parliament has condemned the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. "

" We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today's complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not. "

" In 1995, Russia virtually gave Chechnya de facto statehood and independence even though, de jure, it didn't recognize Chechnya as an independent state. And I would like to emphasize strongly that Russia withdrew all of its troops, we moved the prosecutors, we moved all the police, dismantled all the courts, completely, 100 percent. "

" We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole. "

" I read papers, try to watch news programs on television, but, as a rule, recorded. During the day I have no time for that, so I watch something taped. As for the newspapers, I try to get through them every day. Additionally, of course, I look through news bulletins. "

" Between major countries, there certainly always are some common ground and points of tension. "

" The United States has overstepped its borders in all spheres - economic, political and humanitarian - and has imposed itself on other states. "

" China has created very good investment tools, including an entire network of very large funds. The Russian Private Investment Fund works with some of those funds, with China's largest investment funds. "

" Even during the years of the Cold War, the intense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, we always avoided any direct clash between our civilians and, most certainly, between our military. "