Vladimir Putin

Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.

The strengthening of our statehood is, at times, deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism.

What is a uni-polar world? No matter how we beautify this term, it means one single centre of power, one single centre of force and one single master.

I am never guided by a possible assessment of my work.

I am not prejudiced in any way.

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.

To confront power is costly and difficult; high standards of evidence and argument are imposed, and critical analysis is naturally not welcomed by those who are in a position to react vigorously and to determine the array of rewards and punishments.

You read so much about China, you read so much about other countries, we have the great brain power right in this country, I’m proud to say. You’re certainly a member of that group.

Trumpism is one of many manifestations of the effects of the neoliberal policies of the past generation. These have led to extreme concentration of wealth along with stagnation for the majority.

The drug war not only gets rid of the superfluous population, it frightens everybody else. Drugs play a role similar to communism or terrorism, people huddle beneath the umbrella of authority for protection from the menace.

Recently one of Germany’s famous and popular publications wrote that President Trump is pushing Europe toward Putin. If we take this together with an earlier joke, that Russia influenced elections in the United States, then this all taken together starts sounding pretty funny. We apparently influenced the election of the U.S. President, and then he gifted us Europe. Total nonsense. There’s no way to describe this other than as a joke.

Nothing will bring American sympathy along with us so much as American blood shed in the field.

The worst thing for a politician is to try and cling to power by every possible means, and focus only on that.

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life.

Why are we putting people who are already in a vulnerable position through this dreadful, appalling stress?

The heart of the security agenda is protecting lives – and we now know that the number of people who will die of AIDS in the first decade of the 21st Century will rival the number that died in all the wars in all the decades of the 20th century.

If a young man wants to fit himself for the Politics of tomorrow, let him fit himself into essential industry for the purpose of learning how best to conduct it for the whole public good.

I would bet if you took a poll in the FBI I would win that poll by more than anybody’s won a poll.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I’m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That’s what’s insane about it.

Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 [Hillary Clinton] emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.