Controversial Quote by Christopher Ruddy

So Putin is not the dictator that he's often accused of being. He has to be very sensitive to public opinion.

— Fiona Hill

Putin has been - and with a lot of the groups, the conservative groups, the more extreme conservative groups that underlie Trump, he's a…

— David Brooks

We have a very strong politician of global stature, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. There is no one like him on the world stage.

— Ramzan Kadyrov

Vladimir Putin, from everything I see, has no respect for Hillary Clinton.

— Donald Trump

Every time I talk to somebody about Putin, it's like, 'But isn't he vastly popular?' Is that really the most important question? I mean,…

— Masha Gessen

Every world leader is trying to figure out who Mr. Trump is, especially if he's elected president, and they want to know what his…

— Dmitri Alperovitch

Putin is very - not the smartest guy in the world.

— Hannah Teter

Putin is someone who has been undermining the norms of what we consider the world order since he got into power and in increasing…

— David Brooks

[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about…

— Benjamin E. Sasse

Vladimir Putin is a dictator. He's not a leader. Anybody who thinks otherwise doesn't know Russian history and they don't know Vladimir Putin. Hillary…

— Tim Kaine

Conservatives - they say, 'Oh, Putin is a real leader, he's a true man, he stays firm on his position, he's not like this…

— Ilya Ponomarev

Vladimir Putin is really very much of a leader. I mean, you can say, oh, isn't that a terrible thing - the man has…

— Donald Trump