Vladimir Putin

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.

I would prefer to abandon the terminology of the past. ‘Superpower’ is something which we used during the cold war time. Why use it now?

Demographers affirm that choosing to have a second child is already a potential choice in favour of a third.

I am not prejudiced in any way.

At least in Russia, you cannot just go and tap into someone’s phone conversation without a warrant issued by court. That’s more or less the way a civilized society should go about fighting terrorism.

[on Trump] We can objectively see quite serious achievements even during his short time in office.

Libertarian socialism, furthermore, does not limit its aims to democratic control by producers over production, but seeks to abolish all forms of domination and hierarchy in every aspect of social and personal life, an unending struggle…

Individual liberty…demonstrate[s] that some manners of living are more successful than others.

The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization.

We don’t appreciate what we have until it’s gone. Freedom is like that. It’s like air. When you have it, you don’t notice it.

The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.

Make decisions about the President’s personal security. He can overrule you, but don’t ask him to be the one to counsel caution.

I will build a great wall – and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me – and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.

The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else’s problems.

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

The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead.

A consistent anarchist must oppose private ownership of the means of production and the wage slavery which is a component of this system, as incompatible with the principle that labor must be freely undertaken and under the control of the producer.

Socialism is like a dream. Sooner or later you wake up to reality.

Iraq is a small but very proud nation.

Jeb said, ‘we were safe with my brother. We were safe.’ Well, the World Trade Center just fell down! Now, am I trying to blame him? I’m not blaming anybody. But the World Trade Center came down. So when he said, we were safe, that’s not safe.

Stability of tax policy must be absolutely guaranteed for the next six years.