Vladimir Putin

If there are people who act outside the law, then the state must use legal means to impose law in the interests of majority. That’s the way it’s done in the U.S., and that’s the way it’s done in Russia.

Libya is divided into tribes and clans.

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.

What is a Rechtsstaat? It is obedience to the existing law.

The more I know about people, the more I like dogs. I simply like animals.

We’re no longer in the Cold War. Eavesdropping on friends is unacceptable.

I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy.

With the first link, a chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.

We’re doing better economically just about than at any time. We’re doing better on unemployment maybe than ever. You know, I mean, if you look at the unemployment numbers, you’ve heard me say it. And we’re doing better on unemployment than just about ever.

From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.

To those who oppose us, we say, ‘Strike the woman, and you strike the rock.’

There are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination.

Our great African-American President hasn’t exactly had a positive impact on the thugs who are so happily and openly destroying Baltimore.

We will follow two simple rules: Buy American and hire American.

It’s not going to be easy to proceed. There are going to be barriers, difficulties, hardships, failures- it’s inevitable. But unless the process that is taking place here and elsewhere in the country and around the world, unless that continues to grow and becomes a major force in the social and political world, the chances for a decent future are not very high.

Politics is like boxing – you try to knock out your opponents.

You’re thinking of Eurpoe as Germany and France. I don’t. I think that’s old Europe.

There are no morals in politics; the is only experience. A scoundrel may be of use because he is a scoundrel!

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

If you look at the American army’s counterinsurgency literature…it begins with an analysis of the German experience in Europe, written with the cooperation of Nazi officers…which techniques for controlling resistance worked, which ones didn’t.

We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today’s complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not.