Life Quotes

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

Vladimir Putin

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.

Vladimir Putin

Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains.

Vladimir Putin

In many countries today, moral and ethical norms are being reconsidered; national traditions, differences in nation and culture are being erased.

Vladimir Putin

The unjustified swelling of the budgetary deficit and the accumulation of public debts are just as destructive as adventurous stock-jobbing.

Vladimir Putin

You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.

Vladimir Putin

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 author...

Vladimir Putin

Russia is opposed to the proliferation of mass destruction weapons, including nuclear weapons, and in this context we call upon our Iranian friends to abandon the uranium enrichment programme.

Vladimir Putin

Spying has always gone on since ancient times.

Vladimir Putin

The growing economic potential of India and Russia is mutually complementary in many respects.

Vladimir Putin

The strengthening of our statehood is, at times, deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism.

Vladimir Putin

I think the American people should express their preferences, and we'll accept their choice.

Vladimir Putin

I think we should not control the Internet.

Vladimir Putin

It is necessary to suppress any extremist actions, on all sides, regardless of their origin.

Vladimir Putin

In the modern world, those who are weak will get unambiguous advice from foreign visitors which way to go and what policy course to pursue.

Vladimir Putin

Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots.

Vladimir Putin

It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation.

Vladimir Putin

No one should be allowed to violently trample on the law.

Vladimir Putin

Protest actions and propaganda are two slightly different things.

Vladimir Putin

We must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement.

Vladimir Putin

I believe that the presidential term should be limited.

Vladimir Putin