We are well aware from which countries and through which countries the terrorists are receiving support. In the immediate future I shall be calling upon the leaders of these states to put a stop to this kind of activity.

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

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 tanks and not to fight against your own people.

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

I especially love driving down a hill directly at a tree and swerving to one side at the last moment. That's my way to relax.

You can build a throne with bayonets, but it's difficult to sit on it.

We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.