I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker’s family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.
VLADIMIR PUTINNobody should pin their hopes on a miracle.
More Vladimir Putin Quotes
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If the nation is not capable of preserving itself and reproducing, if it loses it vital bearings and ideals, then it doesn’t need foreign enemies – it will fall apart on its own.
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You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.
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Terrorism has no nationality or religion.
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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.
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Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves.
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Journalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist’s job is very interesting.
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There are fundamentals of democracy, and they should be understood universally in different countries.
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The more intermediaries there are, the more problems there are.
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Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.
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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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Our society, including the liberals, must understand that there must be order.
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Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state – a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.
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There are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination.
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The Comrade Wolf knows whom to eat, as the saying goes. It knows whom to eat and is not about to listen to anyone, it seems.
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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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