Vladimir Putin

Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen.

Donald Trump and I have, firstly, met more than once at various international venues and secondly, we regularly talk over the phone.

I’m sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal.

The task of the government is not only to pour honey into a cup, but sometimes to give bitter medicine.

The United States has overstepped its borders in all spheres – economic, political and humanitarian – and has imposed itself on other states.

We should not just consume hydrocarbon fuel but use it to develop nuclear energy, hydro power and renewable energy sources.

It is only when all black groups, join hands and speak with one voice that we shall be a bargaining force which will decide its own destiny.

I may find Saddam Hussein’s regime abhorrent – any normal person would – but the survival of it is in his hands.

America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the world to reach the American living standard.

Both political parties have moved to the right during the neoliberal period. Today’s New Democrats are pretty much what used to be called ‘moderate Republicans’. The ‘political revolution’ that Bernie Sanders called for, rightly, would not have greatly surprised Dwight Eisenhower.

At last, Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state – a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.

It is quite possible-overwhelmingly probable, one might guess-that we will always learn more about human life and personality from novels than from scientific psychology

We get the leaders we vote for. We get the policies we vote for. And when we don’t vote, that’s when we wind up with government of, by and for other people.

Political leaders still think things can be done through force, but that cannot solve terrorism. Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is what we have to fight.

Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.

We’re doing better economically just about than at any time. We’re doing better on unemployment maybe than ever. You know, I mean, if you look at the unemployment numbers, you’ve heard me say it. And we’re doing better on unemployment than just about ever.

Firstly, the use of our armed forces in the battlefield is a unique experience, a unique tool by which to improve our armed forces. No amount of military exercise could compare with the use of force in combat conditions.

My notion of the KGB came from romantic spy stories. I was a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education.

You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.

The first less is this: take it from me, every vote counts.

I would question the use of something as simplistic as IQ to come to any conclusions regarding human affairs.