Vladimir Putin Quotes

It's better not to argue with women.

It's better to be hanged for loyalty than be rewarded for betrayal.

You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.

Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right.

People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves.

We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.

I think every person should have some faith inside him, in his heart. What matters is not an external display of this faith, but the inner state of the soul.

Maybe they have nothing else to do in America but to talk about me.

Hitler wanted to destroy Russia- everyone needs to remember how that ended

I don’t regret anything. I did everything absolutely correctly.

There is no such thing as a former KGB man.

Everything will probably never be Ok. But we have to try for it.

Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen.

I'd rather not deal with such questions, because anyway it's like shearing a pig - lots of screams but little wool.

I think: the powers like to talk about "freedom" in order to wash the population's brains.

The strengthening of our statehood is, at times, deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism.

Even if we do not always agree on every aspect, nobody should take this as an excuse to declare us as enemies.

Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.

You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.

The philosophy of FIFA is to expand world soccer space, to spread out the world football space.

It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation.

There is something that I have in common with every citizen of Russia, the love for our motherland.

I have several portraits of Jigoro Kano and a bust too, a very beautiful one.

Nobody should pin their hopes on a miracle.

Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains.

It is my greatest desire, I want the people in Russia to be happy and I want our partners around the world to seek to develop relations with Russia.

I'm convinced that democracy cannot be exported from one country to another, like you cannot expert revolutions, ideology.

All civilised countries should unite in the fight against international terrorism.

Democracy cannot be exported to some other place. This must be a product of internal domestic development in a society.

There is no one to talk to since Mahatma Gandhi died.

Russia doesn't negotiate with terrorists. It destroys them.

We will work with any Administration and with any President in whom the American people have placed their trust. That is, of course, if they wish to cooperate with Russia.

Russia does not want confrontation of any kind. And we will not take part in any kind of 'holy alliance.'

A country in which the people are not healthy physically and psychologically, are poorly educated and illiterate, will never rise to the peaks of world civilization.

The transfer of power is always a test of the constitutional system, a test of its strength.

Absolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.

I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.

A happy love needs to be reciprocated.

The biggest nationalist in Russia: that's me.

If someone wants to open this Pandora's box and deal with it, all right, go for it then.

Respect for sovereignty means to not allow unconstitutional action and coup d'états, the removal of legitimate power.

How can I be a gangster, if I worked for the KGB? It is absolutely ridiculous.

I am the president of 146 million Russians. I have to represent their interests. We are willing to settle this without any conflicts and to search for compromises on the basis of international law.

Economic activity is moving from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean... Russia has a certain natural advantage because it also borders the Pacific Ocean.

Why don't you meet Osama bin Laden, invite him to Brussels or to the White House and engage in talks, ask him what he wants and give it to him so he leaves you in peace?

A lot can be done, but not everyone immediately succeeds in everything.

Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves.

Donald Trump is a brilliant and talented person, without a doubt.

Terrorists are always a threat to someone. If we'll be scared of them, it means they have won.

I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected.