Putin Quotes

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

If you wake up in Moscow and put on the Science channel, it doesn't feel like an American channel, it feels like their channel. In fact, Discovery is Vladimir Putin's favorite channel.

President Putin and President Trump-they both insist on their priority as national interest.

I do have a relationship with Putin, and I can tell you that he's very interested in what we're doing here today.

I have nothing to do with Putin. I've never spoken to him. I don't know anything about him other than he will respect me.

I have no relationship with Putin. I don't think I've ever met him. I never met him. I don't think I've ever met him.

I have no relationship with Vladimir Putin.

I do respect Putin. I respect a lot of people. But that doesn't mean I'm going get along with him.

Hillary Clinton doesn't like Putin because Putin has outsmarted her at every step of the way.

I think I would have a very, very good relationship with Vladimir Putin, and I think I would have a very, very good relationship with Russia.

If Putin likes Donald Trump, I consider that an asset, not a liability, because we have a horrible relationship with Russia.

I think I would have a very, very good relationship with Putin. And I think I would have a very, very good relationship with Russia.

I think I'd be able to get along with Vladimir Putin.

Vladimir Putin is really very much of a leader. I mean, you can say, oh, isn't that a terrible thing - the man has very strong control over a country.

Vladimir Putin, from everything I see, has no respect for Hillary Clinton.

Putin has outsmarted Hillary Clinton in Syria.

America is so outplayed by Putin and Assad, and by the way - and by Iran. Nobody can believe how stupid our leadership is.

I don't know Putin. I have never met Putin. He is not my best friend.

If [Vladimir] Putin likes Donald Trump, guess what, folks, that's called an asset, not a liability.

I think [Vladimir] Putin probably assumes he can't make a deal with me anymore because politically it would be unpopular for a politician to be making a deal.

Putin is a better leader than Obama, because Obama's not a leader, so he's certainly doing a better job than Obama is, and that's all.

If Putin wants to knock the hell out of ISIS, I'm all for it 100 percent and I can't understand how anybody would be against that.

I'm not going to tell [Vladimir] Putin what to do. Why should I tell Putin what to do?

When Putin says good things and when we have a possibility of having a good relationship with Russia.

You look at what Vladimir Putin is doing with President Obama. He's, like, toying with him. He's toying with him.

I don't know Putin. He said nice things about me. If we got along well, that would be good. If Russia and the United States got along well and went after ISIS, that would be good.

I think I'd have a good relationship with Putin. Who knows? He's been a leader far more than Barack Obama has been a leader.

Putin is a tough guy. I met him once.

I never met Putin, I don't know who Putin is. He said one nice thing about me. He said I'm a genius. I said thank you very much to the newspaper and that was the end of it. I never met Putin.

There you see Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson closing a deal with [Vladimir] Putin in 2011. Two years later, he received one of Russia's highest civilian honors, the Order of Friendship.

I never met Putin, I don't know who Putin is.

I have no relationship with Putin. I don't think I've ever met him.And I never met him. I don't think I've ever met him.

I don't think I've ever met Putin. I mean if he's in the same room or something. But I don't think so.

Will I get along with [Vladimir Putin]? I have no idea.

I don't know that I'm going to get along with Vladimir Putin. I hope I do. But there's a good chance I won't.

It sure looks like [Vladimir] Putin did this [hack DNS site]. And we all need to take this seriously.

The closeness [of Rex Tillerson] to [Vladimir] Putin will be one of the unifying issues between the Republican critics and Democratic critics.

If a single Russian source would come forward, he would be in hot water. And in the United States, what I did appearing at that [Vladimir] Putin press conference was not worth the price.

Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.

The downfall of democratic institutions in Russia doesn't add to the self-confidence of either [Vladimir] Putin or his friends, as the loss of power could lead to repercussions in Russian society.

Vladimir Putin mainly has friends in Europe among the extreme right, such as Marine Le Pen's Front National in France.

I tried to come up with a definition of this new paradigm in six articles entitled "Russia after Putin." I would consider Russia's integration into Europe the most important element of this strategy.

We've been saying Putin is a dictator for years who doesn't care about the law.

I have no idea how long Putin will last. The good news is, Putin doesn't know either. It will be sudden and it won't be peaceful. He has burned his bridges.

[Vladimir] Putin needs wars to legitimize his position.

It could truly be the case that Vladimir Putin has miscalculated in the long term with his adventure in Syria.

Dictatorships sometimes fall unexpectedly and quickly. And [Vladimir] Putin knows that for him, the loss of power doesn't mean a comfortable retirement, but something completely different.

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 and religion.

But I also made it clear to him [Vladimir Putin] that it's important to think beyond the old days of when we had the concept that if we blew each other up, the world would be safe.

As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine.