Has beens Quote by David Brooks

Putin is just maneuvering. He wants to be respected. He wants to be an important player in global politics. He wants people to negotiate…

— Ilya Ponomarev

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

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

— David Brooks

Vladimir Putin is a dictator.

— Tim Kaine

Putin is no different than any other powerful man, like a Senator, or a President.

— Donald Trump

Putin is somebody who really respects strength.

— Kimberly Zisk Marten

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.

— Tim Kaine

Vladimir Putin wants to become the de facto head of an illiberal, xenophobic, hypernationalist trend in world politics.

— David Remnick

I think to deal with Putin, you need to deal from strength. He's a bully, you enable bad behavior when you're nuanced with a…

— Jeb Bush

Putin has put Russia on a path to be a world power with global influence.

— Jack Keane

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

Vladimir Putin is a Russian czar. He's kind of a mix of Peter the Great and Stalin. He's got both in his veins. And…

— Marvin Kalb