The problem is Russia is a country that has lost 300 years of its history, in terms of most of what was part of the Russian Empire in Europe, towards Europe, since Peter the Great, has been the territory that is no longer under Russian rule.

The convictions that leaders have formed before reaching high office are the intellectual capital they will consume as long as they continue in office.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

You should not go to war for the privilege of withdrawal. You need to define your objective and the outcome, and it cannot be the removal of one man.

The history of things that didn't happen has never been written.

We believe that peace is at hand.

A diamond is a chunk of coal that is made good under pressure.