Arguing Quote by Benjamin E. Sasse

Truth affirms freedom of speech. Putin is no friend of reli - freedom of speech. Putin is an enemy of freedom of religion. The…

— Benjamin E. Sasse

Putin's Russia is our adversary and moral opposite. It is committed to the destruction of the post-war, rule-based world order built on American leadership…

— John McCain

[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of the free press. The U.S. celebrates free press.

— Benjamin E. Sasse

Much of the hostility toward Putin stems from the fact that he not only defies the West when standing up for Russia's interests, he…

— Pat Buchanan

Vladimir Putin hates America, he wants to hurt us. Suddenly Vladimir Putin is a good guy, Russia is okay, no it's not. Russia is…

— Ralph Peters

I am somebody who respects Putin highly, but I'm not somebody who is against America.

— Emir Kusturica

[Vladimir] Putin needs wars to legitimize his position.

— Garry Kasparov

Putin stands for the opposite of a universal ideology; he has become an arch-nationalist of a pre-Cold War type, making mystic appeals to motherland…

— George Packer

People take the lazy way out, and do not regard Putin and the Kremlin as the real enemy. They create a long but erroneous…

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

To present me as the main face of the opposition movement is completely incorrect. I'm not a person who is 'against Putin.' I'm just…

— Ksenia Sobchak

Vladimir Putin has to create foreign enemies, and he also has to justify... he has to claim... he can't acknowledge that there's a legitimate…

— Bill Browder

Putin has made a habit of supporting far-right candidates who undermine his foes in Europe; perhaps he never could have imagined such a character…

— Franklin Foer