I have always expressed respect for those people who make public declarations.

The Russian empire under czars and commissars has been hard to deal with for other countries.

We attempted to try to solve every problem in the world, out of a sense of moral obligations, and attitudes, and our history. But no country can solve every problem without exhausting itself. Therefore, we have to establish priorities.

In my particular case foreign policy happens to be my hobby, my consuming interest. I had spent decades studying it.

You should not think that you can shape history only by your will. This is also why I'm against the concept of intervention when you don't know its ultimate implications.

Obama is like a chess player who is playing simultaneous chess and has opened his game with an unusual opening.

We must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing.