Vladimir Putin

politeness weapon

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

—Vladimir Putin

democracy teachlearn

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

—Vladimir Putin

loyalty hang reward betrayal

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

—Vladimir Putin

women argue argument

"It's better not to argue with women."

—Vladimir Putin

europeans dying same-sex marriage chikdren migrants

"Europeans are dying out. Don't you understand that? And same-sex marriages don't produce children. Do you want to survive by drawing migrants? But society cannot adapt so many migrants."

—Vladimir Putin

faith inside heart display soul

"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."

—Vladimir Putin

Hitler destroy Russia remember end

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

—Vladimir Putin

country people unhealthy illiterate educate peak civilization

"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."

—Vladimir Putin

USA America talk

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

—Vladimir Putin

Soviet Union regret heart brain

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

—Vladimir Putin

corruption fight clean

"Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves."

—Vladimir Putin

encourage people exceptional dangerous

“It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as [inherently] exceptional, whatever the motivation. There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy. Their policies differ, too. We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord’s blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.”

—Vladimir Putin

freedom brainwash

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

—Vladimir Putin

disagree enemy enemies

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

—Vladimir Putin

bike bicycle democratic vehicle freedom

“Bike is the most democratic transport vehicle. Bike is the most daring, challenging as it gives its owner the tempting feeling of freedom, that is why one can say without any exaggeration, bike is a symbol of freedom."

—Vladimir Putin