The capacity to admire others is not my most fully developed trait.

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

90% of politicians give the other 10% a bad name.

Now when I bore people at a party they think it's their fault.

The Russian people, at least the ones I know, have pride in being a Russian. And, therefore, they want to be taken seriously in international affairs.

We believe that peace is at hand.

I do not believe that Putin intends to leave office in a Cold War atmosphere with the United States.