Aggression Quote by John McCain

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 needs wars to legitimize his position.

— Garry Kasparov

“Like most regimes not based on genuine popular support in an era of open access to information, Putin’s is inherently unstable and requires vigilant…

— Gregory Feifer

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 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

[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

From Ukraine to Syria, he [Vladimir Putin] is behaving like the world's new general and celebrating victories, while the American president sits on the…

— Garry Kasparov

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

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

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

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

— Fiona Hill

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

— Paul Craig Roberts