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" Nobody should pin their hopes on a miracle. "
Vladimir Putin
Hopes
Miracle
Nobody
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" The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final. "
Vladimir Putin
Made
Democratic
Choice
" I love the Russian classics very much, the Russian classical literature. But I also read modern literature. As far as Russian literature is concerned, I am very fond of Tolstoy and Chekhov, and I also enjoy reading Gogol very much. "
Vladimir Putin
Love
Enjoy
I Am
" Some experts believe that somebody is deceiving WikiLeaks, that its reputation is being undermined in order for it to be used for political purposes. "
Vladimir Putin
Believe
Political
Reputation
" I see that not everyone in the West has understood that the Soviet Union has disappeared from the political map of the world and that a new country has emerged with new humanist and ideological principles at the foundation of its existence. "
Vladimir Putin
Principles
World
Foundation
" Above all, such sports as judo, in my view, teach people to relate to each other. They teach us to respect a partner, teach us to understand that an externally weak partner can not only put up worthy resistance, but, if you relax and take too much for granted, may even win. "
Vladimir Putin
Sports
People
Respect
" Demographers affirm that choosing to have a second child is already a potential choice in favour of a third. "
Vladimir Putin
Child
Choosing
Potential
" The unjustified swelling of the budgetary deficit and the accumulation of public debts are just as destructive as adventurous stock-jobbing. "
Vladimir Putin
Adventurous
Public
Debts
" My notion of the KGB came from romantic spy stories. I was a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education. "
Vladimir Putin
Romantic
Education
Product
" I believe the U.S. already understands and will understand more and more that only a strong Russia will respond to the genuine interests of the United States. "
Vladimir Putin
Strong
Understand
Believe
" Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions of national self-government, and not the realisation of standards foisted on us from outside. "
Vladimir Putin
Democracy
Standards
Own
" Stalin is the most popular figure in all of Russia. "
Vladimir Putin
Figure
Most
Stalin
" The task of the government is not only to pour honey into a cup, but sometimes to give bitter medicine. "
Vladimir Putin
Medicine
Sometimes
Government
" A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in Russia. "
Vladimir Putin
Interest
Work
Russia
" The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history. "
Vladimir Putin
Society
Free
History
" I think the American people should express their preferences, and we'll accept their choice. "
Vladimir Putin
American
Accept
Choice
" The whole world recognizes Russia's cultural achievements. It is impossible to imagine the world culture without Russian culture, without our music and literature. "
Vladimir Putin
Music
Impossible
Our
" Russia does not want confrontation of any kind. And we will not take part in any kind of 'holy alliance.' "
Vladimir Putin
Want
Alliance
Kind
" I'm sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal. "
Vladimir Putin
Chechnya
Corruption
Sure
" President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia. "
Vladimir Putin
Russia
American
President
" Spying has always gone on since ancient times. "
Vladimir Putin
Gone
Since
Spying
" If you aspire to be a leader of your own country, you must speak your own language, for God's sake. "
Vladimir Putin
Language
God
Leader
" China is a great country with a great culture, populated by fascinating, industrious and talented people. "
Vladimir Putin
Culture
Country
China
" How can a bureaucrat or a politician be trusted if he says loud words for the sake of Russia's good while trying to take his funds, his money abroad? "
Vladimir Putin
Russia
Trying
Words
" History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior. "
Vladimir Putin
Government
History
Only
" I have a very positive attitude to anyone who is protecting the environment, but it's inadmissible when people are using it as a means of promoting themselves, using it as a source of self-enrichment. I don't want to name any specific examples... but often, environmentalism is used to blackmail companies. "
Vladimir Putin
Attitude
Positive
Want
" What is a Rechtsstaat? It is obedience to the existing law. "
Vladimir Putin
Existing
Obedience
Law
" It's Russia some people would like to get rid of. They are still afraid of our nuclear deterrent. We have our own foreign policy whether they like it or not. "
Vladimir Putin
Afraid
Policy
People
" I have never stated Russia is an energy superpower, but we have more reserves than almost anybody else. We have always behaved, and we will continue to behave, in a responsible way. We intend to participate in the elaboration of common rules in the energy sector and to abide by rules which are developed together. "
Vladimir Putin
Always
Together
Energy
" The Declaration on Strategic Partnership between India and Russia signed in October 2000 became a truly historic step. The developments in the first decade of the 21 century confirmed that it was a particularly significant and timely step. "
Vladimir Putin
First
Partnership
Step
" For Russia, there is not and there may not be another political option but democracy. However, Russian democracy is... not at all the realization of standards imposed on us from outside. "
Vladimir Putin
Outside
Democracy
Political