People Quote by Steve Inskeep

Putin is somebody who really respects strength.

— Kimberly Zisk Marten

It's more of a strength model to say that [Vladimir] Putin will do what it takes to defend his country. But that's why Putin…

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

The jealous and intolerant eye of the Kremlin can distinguish, in the end, only vassals and enemies, and the neighbors of Russia, if they…

— George F. Kennan

“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

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

“Trump’s repeated brags about his relationship with Vladimir Putin and the nature of Trump’s relationship with the Kremlin.”

— Michael Wolff

Putin has mobilized and gathered the desires of millions upon millions of people who have been lied to, cheated, who lost out in the…

— Svetlana Alexievich

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 the ability to advance his interests in many different ways. Sometimes tactical diplomacy can help.

— Fiona Hill

We know that Donald Trump has shown a very troubling willingness to back up [Vladimir] Putin, to support Putin, whether it's saying that NATO…

— Hillary Clinton

I think that Putin and his cronies are really a kleptocracy, that are really an imperialist power that want to expand.

— Steve Bannon

The regime is in trouble economically and can no longer offer anything to its citizens. That's why [Vladimir] Putin has to pursue an aggressive…

— Garry Kasparov