A joke is a very serious thing.

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. But perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.

This is not the end, this is not even the beginning of the end, this is just perhaps the end of the beginning.

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened

When we look back on all the perils through which we have passed...why should we fear for our future?