The state security bodies should not be seen as an institution that works against society and the state; one needs to understand what makes them work against their own people.
VLADIMIR PUTINThe transfer of power is always a test of the constitutional system, a test of its strength.
More Vladimir Putin Quotes
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I think the American people should express their preferences, and we’ll accept their choice.
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You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.
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I am convinced that the norm in Russia should become a family with three children.
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It is wrong to make anyone into an enemy; it is wrong to scare the people of one’s own country with that enemy and try to rally some allies on that basis.
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Policies are being pursued that place on the same level a multi-child family and a same-sex partnership, a faith in God and a belief in Satan. This is the path to degradation.
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My personal position is that society must keep children safe.
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I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker’s family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.
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Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions of national self-government, and not the realisation of standards foisted on us from outside.
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Being gay is not a crime.
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One can truly enjoy his or her life only while experiencing it.
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No one should be allowed to violently trample on the law.
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Despite all the achievements of civilisation, the human being is still one of the most vulnerable creatures on earth.
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We’re no longer in the Cold War. Eavesdropping on friends is unacceptable.
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Absolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.
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Russia and China are very natural partners. We are neighbors with an immense common border.
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