Putin Quotes

I genuinely did not expect more than half our nation to choose to walk away from our long-term allies into the arms…

— Brian Reade

[Putin] is a bully. And bullies only understand when we punch them in the nose, but we need to do that economically.

— Kelly Ayotte

I don't know Putin. He said nice things about me. If we got along well, that would be good.

— Donald Trump

Sunday was the normal day for the political awareness session at sea. Ordinarily Putin would have officiated, reading some Pravada editorials, followed…

— Tom Clancy

President Obama and Vladimir Putin are both in China attending the same economic summit. Obama saw Putin and said, 'After those midterms,…

— Conan O'Brien

By needlessly provoking him [Vladimir Putin] and humiliating him, we empower far worse possibilities in Russia.

— Jill Stein

I think it's part of Vladimir Putin's nature to define Russian success in foreign policy as thwarting the United States. That's in…

— Ashton Carter

Hard men present hard choices - none more so than Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia.

— Hillary Clinton

This is one where you can just kind of go to the tape on it. But Governor [Mike] Pence said inarguably Vladimir…

— Tim Kaine

I have no relationship with Vladimir Putin.

— Donald Trump

The handover of power to [Dmitry] Medvedev was rather painless, everybody thought that the waves would calm automatically. By now, it's quite…

— Garry Kasparov

We know that Donald Trump has shown a very troubling willingness to back up [Vladimir] Putin, to support Putin, whether it's saying…

— Hillary Clinton

Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his…

— Garry Kasparov

Russia's Vladimir Putin appeared in public for the first time after a mysterious 10-day absence. Putin said it took him that long…

— Conan O'Brien

America should really wonder about a President Trump, who had a campaign manager with ties to Putin, pro-putin elements in the Ukraine…

— Tim Kaine

That's exactly what [Donald] Trump says, Putin is a great leader. We should love Putin. He has a high popular and everybody…

— Eric Bolling

We will stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power. We will stop that nuclear arms race that could happen in the Middle…

— Bobby Jindal

Vladimir Putin is a war criminal.

— John McCain

I know Vladimir Putin. He respects strength. He lied to our president's [Barack Obama] face; didn't both to tell him about warplanes…

— Carly Fiorina

The post-Cold War order in Europe is finished, with Vladimir Putin its executioner. Russia's invasion of Georgia only marked its passing. Russia…

— Ivan Krastev

When Mitt Romney talked about Putin expanding his sphere of influence, Obama mocked and said, 'The Cold War has been over 20…

— Ted Cruz

Much of the international unease with the Sochi Games has focused on the threat of terrorism, Putin's domestic repressiveness, and the Russian…

— George Packer

President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus, even as he has relaxed sanctions on Castro's Cuba. He abandoned our…

— Mitt Romney

He [ Vladimir Putin] would rather have a puppet as president of the United States.

— Hillary Clinton

Vladimir Putin and Russia. 'When a bear wakes up from hibernation, he doesn't eat a few blueberries and then go back to…

— Seth Moulton