Vladimir Putin Quotes And Sayings

The Democratic Choice Russian People Made In The Early 90's Is Final.

The Path Towards A Free Society Has Not Been Simple. There Are Tragic And Glorious Pages In Our History.

Russia Does Not Want Confrontation Of Any Kind. And We Will Not Take Part In Any Kind Of 'Holy Alliance.'

I Believe The U.s. Already Understands And Will Understand More And More That Only A Strong Russia Will Respond To The Genuine Interests Of The United States.

Political Activities In Russia Should Be As Transparent As Possible. Financing Political Activities From Abroad Is Something The State Should Keep An Eye On.

Radicals Can Be Found In Any Environment.

Russia Does Not Have In Its Possession Any Trustworthy Data That Supports The Existence Of Nuclear Weapons Or Any Weapons Of Mass Destruction In Iraq And We Have Not Received Any Such Information From Our Partners As Yet.

Iraq Is A Small But Very Proud Nation.

I Read Papers, Try To Watch News Programs On Television, But, As A Rule, Recorded. During The Day I Have No Time For That, So I Watch Something Taped. As For The Newspapers, I Try To Get Through Them Every Day. Additionally, Of Course, I Look Through News Bulletins.

Despite All The Achievements Of Civilisation, The Human Being Is Still One Of The Most Vulnerable Creatures On Earth.

Few People Understand The Magnitude Of The Catastrophe That Happened Late In The 1980s When The Communist Party Had Failed To Modernize The Soviet Union.

As Far As Oligarchs Who Acquire Sports Team Abroad, And Invest Money Abroad, I Wouldn't Treat This Phenomenon As Something Bad.

U.s. Society Doesn't Want To Play The Role Of International Policeman.

The State Security Bodies Should Not Be Seen As An Institution That Works Against Society And The State; One Needs To Understand What Makes Them Work Against Their Own People.

Mccain Fought In Vietnam - I Think That He Has Enough Civilian Blood On His Hands.

Between Major Countries, There Certainly Always Are Some Common Ground And Points Of Tension.

Politics Should Not Interfere With Sports. And Sports Should Impact Politics.

I Think It's Fine When The Mayor Of The Biggest City In Russia Consults The President.

The More Intermediaries There Are, The More Problems There Are.

The Ability To Compromise Is Not A Diplomatic Politeness Toward A Partner But Rather Taking Into Account And Respecting Your Partner's Legitimate Interests.

Russia Does Not And Cannot Have Any Political Choice But Democracy. I Want To Say, And Even Stress, That We Share Those Universal Democratic Principles Taken Around The Whole World.

Europeans Are Really Dying Out!

I Am Never Guided By A Possible Assessment Of My Work.

Libya Is Divided Into Tribes And Clans.

Demographers Affirm That Choosing To Have A Second Child Is Already A Potential Choice In Favour Of A Third.

Back In The Mid-18th Century, In 1745-1747, Ossetia Was The First To Become Part Of The Russian Empire. At That Time, It Was A United Entity; North And South Ossetia Were One State.

The Russian People Have Unilaterally Made Their Choice In Direction Of Democracy In The Early '90s. They Will Not Be Led Astray. Nobody Should Be Having Any Doubts.

Why Does The World Dislike Russia? I Do Not Think That We Are Unloved Or Considered To Be Ignorant.

The United States And Russian Security Services Regularly Exchange Information.

No One Wants The United Nations To Suffer The Fate Of The League Of Nations, Which Collapsed Because It Lacked Real Leverage. This Is Possible If Influential Countries Bypass The United Nations And Take Military Action Without Security Council Authorization.

The Leaders Of The World's Largest Economies Agreed During The November 2008 G20 Summit Not To Create Barriers Hindering Global Trade And Capital Flows. Russia Shares These Principles.

You Can Swim Any Way You Like In The Dead Sea, Actually.

My Working And Personal Relationship With President Obama Is Marked By Growing Trust. I Appreciate This.

I Think Every Person Should Have Some Faith Inside Him, In His Heart. What Matters Is Not An External Display Of This Faith, But The Inner State Of The Soul.

I Love The Russian Classics Very Much, The Russian Classical Literature. But I Also Read Modern Literature. As Far As Russian Literature Is Concerned, I Am Very Fond Of Tolstoy And Chekhov, And I Also Enjoy Reading Gogol Very Much.

Those Who Fight Corruption Should Be Clean Themselves.

I Have A Private Life In Which I Do Not Permit Interference. It Must Be Respected.

I Don't Read Books By People Who Have Betrayed The Motherland.

I Have A Very Positive Attitude To Anyone Who Is Protecting The Environment, But It's Inadmissible When People Are Using It As A Means Of Promoting Themselves, Using It As A Source Of Self-enrichment. I Don't Want To Name Any Specific Examples... But Often, Environmentalism Is Used To Blackmail Companies.

It's Alarming That Military Intervention In Internal Conflicts In Foreign Countries Has Become Commonplace For The United States.

I Would Like To Draw Your Attention To The Fact That In Russia, Unlike In One Third Of The World's Countries, Being Gay Is Not A Crime.

In Many Countries Today, Moral And Ethical Norms Are Being Reconsidered; National Traditions, Differences In Nation And Culture Are Being Erased.

The Point Of Conservatism Is Not That It Prevents Movement Forward And Upward, But That It Prevents Movement Backward And Downward, Into Chaotic Darkness And A Return To A Primitive State.

My Notion Of The Kgb Came From Romantic Spy Stories. I Was A Pure And Utterly Successful Product Of Soviet Patriotic Education.

I Have Always Loved And Avidly Read The Novels Of Jack London, Jules Verne And Ernest Hemingway. The Characters Depicted In Their Books, Who Are Brave And Resourceful People Embarking On Exciting Adventures, Definitely Shaped My Inner Self And Nourished My Love For The Outdoors.

It Is Wrong To Make Anyone Into An Enemy; It Is Wrong To Scare The People Of One's Own Country With That Enemy And Try To Rally Some Allies On That Basis.

The Transfer Of Power Is Always A Test Of The Constitutional System, A Test Of Its Strength.

The Philosophy Of Fifa Is To Expand World Soccer Space, To Spread Out The World Football Space.

We Should Not Just Consume Hydrocarbon Fuel But Use It To Develop Nuclear Energy, Hydro Power And Renewable Energy Sources.

We Need Business To Understand Its Social Responsibility, That The Main Task And Objective For A Business Is Not To Generate Extra Income And To Become Rich And Transfer The Money Abroad, But To Look And Evaluate What A Businessman Has Done For The Country, For The People, On Whose Account He Or She Has Become So Rich.