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All Vladimir Putin Quotes
History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior.
Vladimir Putin
79% of people like this quote
Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy.
Vladimir Putin
63% of people like this quote
You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.
Vladimir Putin
62% of people like this quote
The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final.
Vladimir Putin
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Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains.
Vladimir Putin
57% of people like this quote
Our aims are absolutely clear: They are a high living standard in the country and a secure, free and comfortable life.
Vladimir Putin
56% of people like this quote
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
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Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing in creating human victims. An end must be put to this. As never before, it is vital to unite forces of the entire world community against terror.
Vladimir Putin
55% of people like this quote
Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.
Vladimir Putin
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We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Vladimir Putin
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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 Putin
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I think the American people should express their preferences, and we'll accept their choice.
Vladimir Putin
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No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights.
Vladimir Putin
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The strengthening of our statehood is, at times, deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism.
Vladimir Putin
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