63 Quotes by Dmitry Medvedev

Those who play badminton well take decisions quickly.

I've never tried to measure myself on any scale. A person is more multifaceted than the label they often get stuck with. On the other hand someone's whole behaviour allows you to characterise them in a certain way. This person has liberal convictions, that person has conservative ones, this person is a radical socialist, and so on.

When you borrow money, you should always think how you're going to pay it back.

Work that mobilizes you 24 hours per day and makes you responsible to all of the people in the country is worth propelling yourself through jetlag and uncomfortable news for.

Considering I'm a young president, I wouldn't like to make an evaluation of myself. It's not my job to do that.

I don't want to live in a militarised country behind an iron curtain. It's boring. Been there and seen the movie. I've done that.

Business is always looking to avoid the toughest norms. But some do it in a civilized way, while others push it using uncivilized, brazen methods.

When I get into a bad mood, I do sports and then everything's OK. And then I go and make decisions, however painful they may be.

Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. Thats democracy.