If one is a professional soldier, it is part of one's job to die sooner or later.

When we feel that we are not sufficiently respected, we should ask ourselves whether we are living as we should.

The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.

To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots.

It is a brave man who is the first to sit down during a standing ovation.

I have always insisted on the need for local self-government for Russia, but I never opposed this model to Western democracy. On the contrary, I have tried to convince my fellow citizens by citing the examples of highly effective local self-government systems in Switzerland and New England, both of which I saw first-hand.

To stand up for truth is nothing. For truth, you must sit in jail.