Vladimir Putin

The Russian parliament has condemned the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

I think happiness is love.

It appears, our partners thought that this would never affect them, this counterproductive politics of restrictions and sanctions. But now we are seeing that this is happening.

The Russian people and Russian culture are the linchpin, the glue that binds together this unique civilization.

Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen.

Primarily the United States has overstepped its national borders, and in every area.

It appears, our partners thought that this would never affect them, this counterproductive politics of restrictions and sanctions. But now we are seeing that this is happening.

There’s plenty to criticize about the mass media, but they are the source of regular information about a wide range of topics. You can’t duplicate that on blogs.

Economic control…is the control of the means for all our ends. And whoever has control of the means must also determine which ends are to be served.

They invited a large investor, Coca-Cola, to take over a plot of land in Pulkovo Heights and install high-capacity power and communications cables, hoping that other companies would follow suit. It worked. After Coca-Cola developed their piece of land, Gillette came, then Wrigley, and then some pharmaceutical companies. An economic zone thus took shape within the city, where total investment now exceeds half a billion dollars. Furthermore, with the Committee’s encouragement, the city’s infrastructure began to be modernized to create the conditions necessary for successful business. The first major deal that Putin supported was the completion of a fiber-optic cable to Copenhagen. This project had been initiated back in the Soviet era but never completed. Now the efforts were successful, providing St. Petersburg with world-class international telephone connections.

I’ve never had the passion for politics.

The Drug War is an effort to stimulate fear of dangerous people from who we have to protect ourselves. It is also, a direct form of control of what are called “dangerous classes,” those superfluous people who don’t really have a function contributing to profit-making and wealth.

Labour Party members must all be free to criticise and oppose injustice and abuse wherever we find it.

A basic principle of modern state capitalism is that costs and risks are socialized to the extent possible, while profit is privatized.

As long as people are marginalized and distracted [they] have no way to organize or articulate their sentiments, or even know that others have these sentiments. People assume that they are the only people with a crazy idea in their heads.

Legal aid is fundamentally important in a democratic, civilised society.

I was never aware of any other option but to question everything.

If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolaters. The populace cannot understand the bureaucracy: it can only worship the national idols.

You could make a strong argument that all US military aid to Israel is in violation of US law. Take a look at the Leahy Amendment, which is US law. It says you can’t give any military aid to military units or organizations that are involved in systematic human rights’ abuses…

We must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement.