I have always had that inner drive, since my birth. And I have always devoted myself gladly to work - to work and to the struggle.

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

You know the words from the Bible: 'Build not on sand, but on rock....' Tyrant leaders respect only firmness...and laugh at persons who give in to them.

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.

... once you get up steam, you are carried helplessly along.

No one can bar the road to truth, and to advance its cause I am prepared to accept even death.

What is the most precious thing in the world? I see now that it is the knowledge that you have no part in injustice. Injustice is stronger than you, it always was and always will be, but let it not be done through you.