Vladimir Putin

It is necessary to suppress any extremist actions, on all sides, regardless of their origin.

No one should be allowed to violently trample on the law.

I hope that things will not come to provocations (during the soccer World Cup). If this happens I think it would have very serious consequences for the Ukrainian government in general.

With regards to big business, I spoke about this a few years ago at one of the public meetings with our business leaders. I warned them that this situation, which we see today, could develop. I warned them about this and recommended at the time that our business keeps its capital in Russia.

How does one control weight? By not overeating. How does one stay in shape? One plays sports. There are no magic pills here.

It’s a historical phenomenon that in 250 years, a nation could move from a colony into the most prosperous nation of the world and the leader of the world. It is indeed an achievement, a tribute to the talent of the American nation, the American people and an optimal political and economic system.

I do have a relationship [with Putin] and I can tell you he’s very interested in what we’re doing here today

Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts.

You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.

Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.

Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.

If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.

How dare these people talk about security for families and people in Britain? There’s no security for the 2.8 million households in Britain forced into problem debt by stagnating wages and the Tory record of the longest fall in living standards since records began.

All of it was invented by people who oppose President Trump to undermine his legitimacy.- Vladimir Putin

The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed upon. Period.

It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of freedom is there inside a corporation? They’re totalitarian institutions – you take orders from above and maybe give them to people below you. There’s about as much freedom as under Stalinism.

Why does the world dislike Russia? I do not think that we are unloved or considered to be ignorant.

Real liberty exists only there where exploitation has been annihilated, where no oppression of some peoples by others exists, where there is no unemployment and pauperism, where a person does not tremble because tomorrow he may lose his job, home and bread.

In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read.

The Recovery Act is working, but it’s going to continue to work. It’s not over. A lot’s going to happen this summer. And even after the summer, there’s more to come with the act.

Of course there are differences, but they are not fundamental. Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party.