Putin Quotes - Page 4

• Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.

  Garry Kasparov

  Would Be, Enough, Ifs

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• We've been saying Putin is a dictator for years who doesn't care about the law.

  Garry Kasparov

  Years, Law, Care

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• If Mitt Romney can be pushed around, intimidated, coerced, co-opted by a conservative radio talk show host in Middle America, then how is he going to stand up to the Chinese? How is he going to stand up to Putin? How is he going to stand up to North Korea if he can be pushed around by a yokel like me? I don't think Romney is realizing the doubts that this begins to raise about his leadership.

  Bryan Fischer

  Thinking, Korea, America

  "Radio's Bryan Fischer Tries Pushing Romney Right". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. June 14, 2012.

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• Sunday was the normal day for the political awareness session at sea. Ordinarily Putin would have officiated, reading some Pravada editorials, followed by selected quotations from the works of Lenin and a discussion of the lessons to be learned from the readings. It is very much like a church service.

  Tom Clancy

  Reading, Sunday, Lessons To Be Learned

  Tom Clancy (1992). “The Hunt for Red October”, p.41, Penguin

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• Putin stands for the opposite of a universal ideology; he has become an arch-nationalist of a pre-Cold War type, making mystic appeals to motherland and religion.

  George Packer

  War, Opposites, Arches

  "Terms of Crisis" by George Packer, www.newyorker.com. March 31, 2014.

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• I never met Putin. This is not my best friend. But if the United States got along with Russia, wouldn't be so bad.

  Donald Trump

  Russia, My Best Friend, United States

  Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate, www.nytimes.com. October 20, 2016.

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• Putin has outsmarted Hillary Clinton and Obama at every single step of the way. Whether it's Syria, you name it. Missiles.

  Donald Trump

  Names, Way, Steps

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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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• And if [Vladimir Putin] does fight ISIL alone, how does it work out for Russia to have sided with Assad, sided with Iran, sided with Hizballah, when they're trying to reach out to the rest of the Sunni world in the region? That's not a good equation for Russia.

  John F. Kerry

  Fighting, Russia, Iran

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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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• 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 think there are a lot of Americans who are very scared, scared that [Vladimir] Putin manipulated us, worried about Rex Tillerson, the winner of Russia's order of friendship as the secretary of state.

  E. J. Dionne

  Thinking, Russia, Order

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• I think Donald Trump thinks of Putin as being a strong person, and I think he thinks of himself as being a very strong person. But I don't think in any way that he thinks of the Putin government as a desirable model.

  Newt Gingrich

  Strong, Thinking, Government

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I think Putin has already gotten used to the idea of Obama and his secretary of state, John Kerry, making noise - it just doesn't seem to impress Moscow at all.

  Newt Gingrich

  Thinking, Ideas, Moscow

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The minute Putin went into Crimea, what Obama should have done is sent 50,000 troops to NATO. He didn't have to engage them, just send them. That puts the fear of God into people.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Should Have, People, Troops

  "Is the Confederate flag controversy a Democratic problem?". "The Hannity Show", www.foxnews.com. June 25, 2015.

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• We will stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power. We will stop that nuclear arms race that could happen in the Middle East. We will also make that Putin knows we have brigades in eastern Europe to make sure we deter his aggression. Peace through strength works.

  Bobby Jindal

  Race, Iran, Europe

  "Is the Confederate flag controversy a Democratic problem?". "The Hannity Show", www.foxnews.com. June 25, 2015.

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• I have met Vladimir Putin, and I know his ambition will not be detoured by a gimmicky red, reset button.

  Carly Fiorina

  Ambition, Reset Button, Buttons

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• Edward Snowden gave a little press conference today. He is apparently seeking temporary asylum in Russia. Because, you know, when you're tired of the government snooping into everything you do, Putin's Russia is definitely the place you want to go.

  Bill Maher

  Tired, Russia, Government

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• I would like to travel to my country again, to a country without a dictatorship, to a post-Putin Russia.

  Garry Kasparov

  Country, Russia, Dictatorship

  "Putin Needs Wars To Legitimize His Position". Interview with Erich Follath, www.spiegel.de. November 10, 2015.

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Not much happens in Russia without Vladimir Putin.

  Barack Obama

  Russia, Happens

  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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