Putin Quotes - Page 4

• I don't think Trump is naïve about the Russians... I don't see him giving any chips away. Trump is a much better negotiator than Vladimir Putin. He is not going to be taken.

  Christopher Ruddy

  Taken, Thinking, Giving

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Particularly when we are a country where leaders turn over every few years and - I mean, in Russia, Vladimir Putin has been in charge for 17 years and counting, right? That`s a disadvantage for us in terms of knowing the players, having a long-term plan, right?

  Rachel Maddow

  Country, Mean, Player

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I think it's part of Vladimir Putin's nature to define Russian success in foreign policy as thwarting the United States. That's in his nature. And that is very difficult to align with strategically.

  Ashton Carter

  Thinking, United States, Difficult

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• We have for decades now, and I've dealt with the Russians for 35 years, we have from time to time been able to, even though we have different interests, to align them. That alignment has become more and more difficult under Putin. You see that in Ukraine, you see it in the Middle East. To an extent where he actually defines Russian success as thwarting the United States.

  Ashton Carter

  Ukraine, Years, Middle East

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• I said this right after the election - we have to remind ourselves we're on the same team. Vladimir Putin's not on our team.

  Barack Obama

  Team, Election, Said

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• I don't think I underestimated [Vladimir Putin], but I think that I underestimated the degree to which, in this new information age, it is possible for misinformation for cyber hacking and so forth to have an impact on our open societies, our open systems, to insinuate themselves into our democratic practices in ways that I think are accelerating.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Practice, Impact

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• In my view, [Vladimir] Putin despises the West in general and the United States in particular, both for who we are, our liberal values, and for what we`ve done, which is to take down the Soviet Empire.

  Daniel Fried

  Views, West, United States

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Silencing the U.S. State Department, putting a friend of Vladimir Putin`s in charge at the U.S. State Department, who stands by quietly while the State Department gets hollowed out, gets gutted, that`s a dream for the Russian government, right? That`s a dream for Putin.

  Rachel Maddow

  Dream, Government, States

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I don't believe Vladimir Putin is a killer, a threat to France, to others in this region. Nothing Vladimir Putin has done would make me reach that conclusion.

  Marine Le Pen

  Believe, Done, Killers

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Russia and [Vladimir] Putin`s antipathy toward Hillary Clinton from her time as secretary of state, Russia`s antipathy and loathing and fear of the U.S. State Department in general, those two - those things that we know about Russia they put a worrying cast over how successfully the new administration here has hollowed out and emptied out the U.S. State Department in just the few weeks since then been in charge.

  Rachel Maddow

  Two, Russia, Worry

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• There is no moral equivalent between that butcher and thug and KGB colonel Vladimir Putin and the United States of America, the country that Ronald Reagan used to call a shining city on a hill.

  John McCain

  Country, Thug, Cities

  Source: www.npr.org

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• There's a gaping difference between the United States of America and Putin's Russia.

  Paul Ryan

  Russia, Differences, America

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Vladimir Putin wants to become the de facto head of an illiberal, xenophobic, hypernationalist trend in world politics.

  David Remnick

  World, Trends, Want

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The minute Mr. Putin decided to put his military forces in Syria, I went to see him. And I said, "Look, here's what I'm doing. I'm not intervening in Syria. But at the same time, if Syria tries to intervene with us, if Iran tries to use Syria to attack us, we'll stop it.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Military, Iran, Trying

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Not much happens in Russia without Vladimir Putin.

  Barack Obama

  Russia, Happens

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• In terms of my conversations with [Vladimir] Putin, these are conversations that took place before the election. As I indicated, there has been very clear proof that they have engaged in cyber attacks. This isn't new. It's not unique to Russia. There are a number of states where we've seen low-level cyber attacks and industrial espionage and, you know, other behavior that we think should be out of bounds.

  Barack Obama

  Unique, Thinking, Numbers

  Source: time.com

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• American democracy faces a massive challenge. I don't think it is a certainty that we're headed toward Putin's Russia, as some commentariat does. But people need to mobilize and build up small-d democratic institutions to prepare against that eventuality.

  Jonathan Chait

  Thinking, Russia, People

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• With [Vladimir] Putin, he says he's going to do something, he gets on it, does it.

  Bernie Ecclestone

  Doe

  Source: www.topgear.com

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• It sure looks like [Vladimir] Putin did this [hack DNS site]. And we all need to take this seriously.

  E. J. Dionne

  Needs, Looks, Site

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• [I think there are a lot of Americans who are very scared ] that Donald Trump and his campaign, or his future administration, is just in denial. They just want to say, no, no, no, [Vladimir] Putin couldn't possibly have done this.

  E. J. Dionne

  Thinking, Administration, Campaigns

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Vladimir Putin wants practical things, like the end of economic sanctions, but he also wants far greater sway in Europe and in the overall ideological trends of the world.

  David Remnick

  Europe, Economic Sanctions, World

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Donald Trump is going to have to live in the real world in which Vladimir Putin is exactly who he presents himself to be, and Putin is extremely skilled. He's not going to make it very easy for the United States or Germany. And he's going to test Trump.

  David Remnick

  Real, Tests, United States

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I had a chance to talk with President [Vladimir] Putin and he clearly said to me very directly, "I will think about that. I will think about this challenge of how we win." Look, this is not easy for Putin. Everybody says, "Oh, Putin's made a big move." Well, Putin is [in Syria] now; and if he wants to fight ISIL alone, that's a challenge, folks.

  John F. Kerry

  Moving, Fighting, Thinking

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• I don`t know that I`m going to get along with Vladimir Putin. I hope I do. But there`s a good chance I won`t.

  Donald Trump

  Chance, Knows, Good Chance

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• If [Vladimir] Putin likes Donald Trump, guess what, folks, that`s called an asset, not a liability.

  Donald Trump

  Likes, Assets, Trump

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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