Life Quotes

Between major countries, there certainly always are some common ground and points of tension.

Vladimir Putin

The more intermediaries there are, the more problems there are.

Vladimir Putin

There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy.

Vladimir Putin

I am not prejudiced in any way.

Vladimir Putin

Chechnya is part and parcel of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin

I think it's fine when the mayor of the biggest city in Russia consults the president.

Vladimir Putin

Demographers affirm that choosing to have a second child is already a potential choice in favour of a third.

Vladimir Putin

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.

Vladimir Putin

McCain fought in Vietnam - I think that he has enough civilian blood on his hands.

Vladimir Putin

The Russian people have their own cultural code, their own tradition.

Vladimir Putin

In line with international law, only the U.N. Security Council could sanction the use of force against a sovereign state. Any other pretext or method which might be used to justify the use of force against an independent sovereign state are inadmissi...

Vladimir Putin

Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an eye on.

Vladimir Putin

The Chechnya problem is a centuries-old problem. The thing is that today, fundamentalists and terrorists are exploiting those centuries-old problems to accomplish their own objectives that have nothing to do whatsoever with the interests of Chechnya.

Vladimir Putin

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.

Vladimir Putin

All attempts to appease the Nazis between 1934 and 1939 through various agreements and pacts were morally unacceptable and politically senseless, harmful and dangerous.

Vladimir Putin

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.

Vladimir Putin

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.

Vladimir Putin

The Declaration on Strategic Partnership between India and Russia signed in October 2000 became a truly historic step. The developments in the first decade of the 21 century confirmed that it was a particularly significant and timely step.

Vladimir Putin

The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.

V. S. Pritchett

How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.

V. S. Pritchett

The older I get, the better I was.

Van Dyke Parks