We don’t need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.
VLADIMIR PUTINWhoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain.
More Vladimir Putin Quotes
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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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My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust.
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The more intermediaries there are, the more problems there are.
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Russia and China are very natural partners. We are neighbors with an immense common border.
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U.S. society doesn’t want to play the role of international policeman.
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One has to be insincere and promise something which you cannot fulfill. So you either have to be a fool who does not understand what you are promising, or deliberately be lying.
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What is a Rechtsstaat? It is obedience to the existing law.
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I think the American people should express their preferences, and we’ll accept their choice.
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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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Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves.
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Prisons where people can’t even work is the worst punishment you can think of. And I don’t think we should put all convicts in such facilities where people are deprived of their freedom.
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We must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement.
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China is a great country with a great culture, populated by fascinating, industrious and talented people.
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Above all, we should acknowledge that the collapse of the Soviet Union was the major geopolitical disaster of the century.
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I think the international community should unite to fight such inhuman phenomena as terror attacks and the murder of totally innocent people.
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