Putin Quotes · Page 5

Indeed, for Russia, inconsistency is an integral part of its foreign policy strategy, particularly under Putin.

— Fiona Hill

I do have a relationship with Putin, and I can tell you that he's very interested in what we're doing here today.

— Donald Trump

I never met Putin. This is not my best friend. But if the United States got along with Russia, wouldn't be so…

— Donald Trump

I'm afraid Putin will kill me. I believe that he was the one who unleashed the war in Ukraine. I couldn't dislike…

— Boris Nemtsov

When I was 18 and was studying in university, Vladimir Putin became president of Russia.

— Ksenia Sobchak

Putin could no more survive returning Crimea to Ukraine than Bibi Netanyahu could survive giving East Jerusalem back to Jordan.

— Pat Buchanan

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

— Kelly Ayotte

Candidate Trump held out his hand to Vladimir Putin. He rejected further U.S. intervention in Syria other than to smash ISIS.

— Pat Buchanan

Stop pyschoanalyzing Putin, and recognize that there is a certain mind set. The West must draw a line under 'Putinography' and just…

— Fiona Hill

Putin has built a mobilisation society, his sky high popularity numbers, which Donald Trump so envies, are fully dependent on being able…

— Masha Gessen

There you see Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson closing a deal with [Vladimir] Putin in 2011. Two years later, he received one of…

— Donald Trump

I tried to come up with a definition of this new paradigm in six articles entitled "Russia after Putin." I would consider…

— Garry Kasparov

I think [Vladimir] Putin probably assumes he can't make a deal with me anymore because politically it would be unpopular for a…

— Donald Trump

Trump very much wants to be liked by Putin and I think sincerely admires him. Putin doesn't know how to deal with…

— Masha Gessen

The Gorbachev period is conceived as an abandonment of historic Russian positions. So this is the framework, in my view, in which…

— Henry A. Kissinger

Putin responds to threats, to illegal sanctions, and to incessant propaganda with statements that governments need to respect each other's national interests…

— Paul Craig Roberts

Russia remains an adversary to the United States. We have some overlapping interests. It would be better if our relationship was better.…

— Tom Cotton

Putin has a lot at stake here and restoring the relationship with the United States, and there are already signs as Sandy…

— Frank Carlucci

Let me speak to you as someone who is a republican, like Stuart Stevens who worked for Romney, right? He said if…

— Eric Bolling

We triggered a discussion in society about the connection between church and state as well as our justice system. Putin is the…

— Yekaterina Samutsevich

Donald Trump's views on Vladimir Putin, I think, are troubling. And I don't think he fundamentally understands exactly who Vladimir Putin is…

— Marco Rubio

Vladimir Putin is a smart guy. I don't like him, smart guy. He is going to advance the cause of Russia until…

— Adam Kinzinger

If Russia were to do something that it could do, it looks like it might even be preparing to do, to invade…

— Charles Krauthammer

Vladimir Putin is the wealthiest man on the planet, for sure. But this is different to the wealth of a Bill Gates…

— Garry Kasparov

If Putin likes Donald Trump, I consider that an asset, not a liability, because we have a horrible relationship with Russia.

— Donald Trump

So when Putin goes out to buy a Coke, thirty seconds later it is known in Washington DC.

— Julian Assange

I don't want to suggest that Trump is emulating Putin. Trump is his own creation.

— Fiona Hill

I've lost some weight. I am on that new Obama diet. Every day I let Vladimir Putin eat my lunch.

— Jay Leno

Putin is an uneducated, unintelligent, uncultured man who has no plan.

— Masha Gessen

I think we have very steady records of President Putin, who inherited the country with democratic values.

— Garry Kasparov

He [Vladimir Putin] will not be able to push Donald Trump around the world. Believe me.

— Rudy Giuliani

As long as Putin backs me up, I can do everything - Allahu akbar!

— Ramzan Kadyrov

It could truly be the case that Vladimir Putin has miscalculated in the long term with his adventure in Syria.

— Garry Kasparov

“Trump’s repeated brags about his relationship with Vladimir Putin and the nature of Trump’s relationship with the Kremlin.”

— Michael Wolff

“looked into Putin’s eyes and, just as I expected, had seen a stone-cold killer.”

— Robert M. Gates

Rebuilding the military is something Putin will pay attention to.

— Jack Keane

It is a vital British and European interest to demonstrate to Putin that Trump is on our side, not his.

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

I do not believe that Putin intends to leave office in a Cold War atmosphere with the United States.

— Henry A. Kissinger

Putin is playing the long game. He has a strategic plan in mind: the Eurasian Union, which would be in competition to…

— Hillary Clinton

I've stood up to Russia. I've taken on Putin and others, and I would do that as president.

— Hillary Clinton