Russia Quotes · Page 33

I would love to have a stable, productive relationship with Russia.

— David Remnick

President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia.

— Vladimir Putin

For years, Russian President Vladimir Putin had harassed and assaulted the independent nation-state of Ukraine.

— Lloyd Austin

You can't break Russian people, you know? 'Cos we're made in cold snow. We're very resistant.

— Irina Shayk

On Putin's order, corrupt apparatchiks and crony oligarchs rob Russians of their nation's wealth and resources.

— John McCain

Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so.

— Helmut Kohl

I don't know that I'm going to get along with Vladimir Putin. I hope I do. But there's a good chance I…

— Donald Trump

The Russians thrive on misinformation and disinformation.

— Fiona Hill

In the sense that people who produce things and work get rewarded, statistically. You don't get rewarded precisely for your effort, but…

— Esther Dyson

Ukraine has been a strong partner to the United States on international initiatives and a committed ally in fighting the War on…

— Vito Fossella

“The Russians excel in calculated crudity. In these burp guns, the plumbers have all but eliminated the gunsmiths.”

— C.J. Chivers

I dressed all in black and went to see all the top photographers, like Irving Penn, and said, 'I am Veruschka who…

— Veruschka von Lehndorff

Going to Russia is going to be nothing for me. I'm going to treat it like it's the U.S. because, at the…

— Deontay Wilder

Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia.

— Al Franken

Putin's an egomaniac, so there are two ways he can process his ego mania. He can say, "Oh, I stood up to…

— David Brooks

In the course of reading he [Alexander Pushkin] became more and more melancholy and finally became completely gloomy. When the reading was…

— Nikolai Gogol

I believe there are a lot of questions today that require expert analysis by various agencies: political agencies, foreign ministries, economic agencies…

— Vladimir Putin

The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the]…

— Akbar Ganji

President Putin and President Trump are very much alike in their basic approach to international relations.They both insist on their priority as…

— Dmitry Peskov

That's because of everything the public interest and the media interest is focused on: What did Donald Trump know and when did…

— Angus King

It must be understood that there are no nominal, halfhearted, lukewarm Christians in Russia or China. The price Christians pay is far…

— Richard Wurmbrand

After that cancellation [of the Superconducting Super Collider in Texas, after $2 billion had been spent on it], we physicists learned that…

— Michio Kaku

I would sooner want a strong partnership with the United States - even with (US President George W.) Bush, who I think…

— Bernard-Henri Levy

The most wounding insult to an educated Russian was to be called nekulturny-uncultured-yet the same men who sat in the gilt boxes…

— Tom Clancy

We've been saying Putin is a dictator for years who doesn't care about the law.

— Garry Kasparov

If Russia's interests and security are threatened, Russia will resist. Everyone needs to know that.

— Vladimir Putin

“Putin was the ship's zampolit (political officer).  Everything he did was to serve the Rodina (Motherland),”

— Anonymous

“We are no longer a leader. Putin has become the leader, and it's an embarassment to our country.”

— Donald J. Trump

It is a very big exaggeration to say I am a friend of Mr. Putin.

— Alexei Mordashov

Twenty million people are starving [in Russia]. Whatever their politics, they shall be fed!

— Herbert Hoover

Russia's partners should understand it's best not to mess with us,

— Vladimir Putin

We - Russian side is ready to be as active as American side is ready.

— Dmitry Peskov

Why do three-quarters of NATO [countries] get away with not paying anything? They have to pay their bills.

— Michael T. Flynn

Russia ought to get Iran to back out of the proxy wars they are involved in.

— Michael T. Flynn

The world's patience with Putin's repeated pattern of malign behaviour has worn thin.

— Gavin Williamson

We can deal with Russia on counterterrorism. We have and I think we are right now. That's easy.

— Michael McFaul

In Russia, they say I'm a Pole, in Poland they call me Russian.

— Konstantin Rokossovsky

The number one foreign policy goal of Russia is control of the former Soviet space.

— James Clapper

I'm not sure, but [Russia] might be happy to see this guy [Dan Fried] exiting stage left.

— Rachel Maddow

Russia's number-one goal is to pull apart the E.U., to pull apart NATO.

— Chris Murphy