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" The worst thing for a politician is to try and cling to power by every possible means, and focus only on that. "
Vladimir Putin
Worst
Power
Possible
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" 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. "
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History
Only
" Where in the world have you seen construction people who do everything on time, with good quality and at minimal prices? Just give me one country like that. A country like that doesn't exist in the world, you know. There's not one such country anywhere in the world. "
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World
Good
Time
" The leaders of the world's largest economies agreed during the November 2008 G20 summit not to create barriers hindering global trade and capital flows. Russia shares these principles. "
Vladimir Putin
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" We need business to understand its social responsibility, that the main task and objective for a business is not to generate extra income and to become rich and transfer the money abroad, but to look and evaluate what a businessman has done for the country, for the people, on whose account he or she has become so rich. "
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" The more intermediaries there are, the more problems there are. "
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Problems
" Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right. "
Vladimir Putin
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Sometimes
You
" Back in the mid-18th century, in 1745-1747, Ossetia was the first to become part of the Russian Empire. At that time, it was a united entity; North and South Ossetia were one state. "
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Empire
Become
North
" Iraq is a small but very proud nation. "
Vladimir Putin
Nation
Proud
Very
" It is wrong to make anyone into an enemy; it is wrong to scare the people of one's own country with that enemy and try to rally some allies on that basis. "
Vladimir Putin
Try
Wrong
People
" It is necessary to suppress any extremist actions, on all sides, regardless of their origin. "
Vladimir Putin
Any
Sides
Origin
" Our military might is the guarantor of Russia's security and independence. "
Vladimir Putin
Security
Independence
Military
" We're no longer in the Cold War. Eavesdropping on friends is unacceptable. "
Vladimir Putin
War
Cold
Cold War
" You need to put drones under control; you need to lay out certain rules of engagement in order to prevent or minimize collateral casualties. It is extremely important. "
Vladimir Putin
Rules
Need
You
" Between major countries, there certainly always are some common ground and points of tension. "
Vladimir Putin
Ground
Tension
Always
" The United States and Russian security services regularly exchange information. "
Vladimir Putin
United States
Information
Security
" The United Nations' founders understood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by consensus, and with America's consent, the veto by Security Council permanent members was enshrined in the United Nations Charter. The profound wisdom of this has underpinned the stability of international relations for decades. "
Vladimir Putin
War
America
Decisions
" I go to the gym, I swim daily and from time to time I meet with friends and do extra-curricular stuff. "
Vladimir Putin
Gym
Time
Swim
" I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens. "
Vladimir Putin
Father
Ordinary
Mother
" I'm sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal. "
Vladimir Putin
Chechnya
Corruption
Sure
" It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation. "
Vladimir Putin
Dangerous
See
People
" We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole. "
Vladimir Putin
Strong
Care
Responsibility
" 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
" Radicals can be found in any environment. "
Vladimir Putin
Found
Any
Environment
" The centuries-old history and culture of India, majestic architectural monuments and museums of Delhi, Agra and Mumbai have a unique attractive force. "
Vladimir Putin
History
Unique
Museums
" The philosophy of FIFA is to expand world soccer space, to spread out the world football space. "
Vladimir Putin
World
Space
Football
" I am not prejudiced in any way. "
Vladimir Putin
Prejudiced
Way
I Am
" Demographers affirm that choosing to have a second child is already a potential choice in favour of a third. "
Vladimir Putin
Child
Choosing
Potential
" Politics should not interfere with sports. And sports should impact politics. "
Vladimir Putin
Sports
Interfere
Politics
" Russia does not and cannot have any political choice but democracy. I want to say, and even stress, that we share those universal democratic principles taken around the whole world. "
Vladimir Putin
World
Democracy
Political
" I think it's fine when the mayor of the biggest city in Russia consults the president. "
Vladimir Putin
City
Mayor
President