QUOTES by Vladimir Putin
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I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.
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Our aims are absolutely clear: They are a high living standard in the country and a secure, free and comfortable life.
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Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy.
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It is wrong to make anyone into an enemy; it is wrong to scare the people of one's own country with that enemy and try to rally some allies on that basis.
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A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in Russia.
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We must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement.
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Our military might is the guarantor of Russia's security and independence.
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China is a great country with a great culture, populated by fascinating, industrious and talented people.
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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.
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The United States has overstepped its borders in all spheres - economic, political and humanitarian - and has imposed itself on other states.
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Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.
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It is necessary to suppress any extremist actions, on all sides, regardless of their origin.
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The Eurasian union is a project meant to preserve the identities of nations and the historic Eurasian community in the new century, in a new world.
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The whole world recognizes Russia's cultural achievements. It is impossible to imagine the world culture without Russian culture, without our music and literature.
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One can truly enjoy his or her life only while experiencing it, and it is inevitably related to a certain level of risk.
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At last, Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state - a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.
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In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the issues of foreign policy and defense are fully in the hands of the president.
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The Russian people and Russian culture are the linchpin, the glue that binds together this unique civilization.
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Our society, including the liberals, must understand that there must be order.
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No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights.
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I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.
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You need to put drones under control; you need to lay out certain rules of engagement in order to prevent or minimize collateral casualties. It is extremely important.
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I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in Russia, unlike in one third of the world's countries, being gay is not a crime.
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Few people understand the magnitude of the catastrophe that happened late in the 1980s when the Communist Party had failed to modernize the Soviet Union.
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Russia is opposed to the proliferation of mass destruction weapons, including nuclear weapons, and in this context we call upon our Iranian friends to abandon the uranium enrichment programme.
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Between major countries, there certainly always are some common ground and points of tension.
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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.
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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?
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Economic activity is moving from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean... Russia has a certain natural advantage because it also borders the Pacific Ocean.
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Despite all the achievements of civilisation, the human being is still one of the most vulnerable creatures on earth.
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At a certain point, we saw the police cracking down on the Occupy Wall Street activists. I won't call the actions of police appropriate or inappropriate.
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I am convinced that the norm in Russia should become a family with three children.
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Russia does not want confrontation of any kind. And we will not take part in any kind of 'holy alliance.'
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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.
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The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.
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Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an eye on.
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I believe the U.S. already understands and will understand more and more that only a strong Russia will respond to the genuine interests of the United States.
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How can a bureaucrat or a politician be trusted if he says loud words for the sake of Russia's good while trying to take his funds, his money abroad?
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For Russia, there is not and there may not be another political option but democracy. However, Russian democracy is... not at all the realization of standards imposed on us from outside.
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The state security bodies should not be seen as an institution that works against society and the state; one needs to understand what makes them work against their own people.
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As far as oligarchs who acquire sports team abroad, and invest money abroad, I wouldn't treat this phenomenon as something bad.
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