The attempted assassinations against me were not accidental.

I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures.

There is a rule of Sharia: If the enemy wants to suppress you, you are supposed to put up a strong resistance.

The people have already determined Chechnya's status at the referendum - it is a unit of the Russian Federation. Its political status is not to be discussed any more.

Criminals were coming to Chechnya from all over the world - they did not have a place in their own countries. But they could live perfectly well in Chechnya.

We need a strong police force - the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Chechnya. We have to get rid of the traitors who have managed to penetrate into the law-enforcement department.

I grew up in a very religious family. I could read the Qu'ran easily at the age of five.

One has to nurture a new generation, to raise children in the spirit of Islam.

Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996.

I always said that Wahhabism is unacceptable for the Chechen nation.

If you want your ship to come in you must build a dock.

Toleration is the best religion.

I'm usually cast as the sassy, brassy best friend.

We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.

Words that are not spoken are much more powerful than words that are spoken in unbelief.

I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.

The love of lucre, though sometimes carried to a ridiculous excess, a vicious excess, is the grand cause of prosperity to all States.

Doubt is the tax man pays for the luxury of useless knowledge.

I love her because she has become something more to me. She become my life.

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.