Putin Quotes - Page 2

• Donald Trump has been someone who has basically taken every position that Vladimir Putin has.

  John Podesta

  Taken, Trump, Position

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• The Democrat Party has had a friendly, supportive relationship with every communist regime on this planet in my lifetime. And now all of a sudden their buddies, the Soviets, i.e., Putin and the Russians, have abandoned them and are now sabotaging them for the purpose of election.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Party, Supportive, Friendly

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where – where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border.

  Sarah Palin

  Alaska, Air, America

  "Foreign Countries". Interview with Katie Couric, www.newyorker.com. September 26, 2008.

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• I think it's inarguable that Vladimir Putin has been a stronger leader in his country than Barack Obama has been in this country.

  Mike Pence

  Country, Thinking, Leader

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• With Russia about to hold the Winter Games in Sochi, the country is open to pressure. American and world leaders must speak out against Mr. Putin's attacks and the violence they foster. The Olympic Committee must demand the retraction of these laws under threat of boycott.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Country, Gay, Winter

  "Russia’s Anti-Gay Crackdown". www.nytimes.com. July 21, 2013.

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• I don't know Putin. He said nice things about me. If we got along well, that would be good.

  Donald Trump

  Nice, Would Be, Said

  Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate, www.nytimes.com. October 20, 2016.

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• I think where [Donald Trump] loses most hawkish republicans is when he talking about how much he likes [Vladimir] Putin. That should make any person who believe in the American exceptionalism, incredibly uncomfortable.

  John McCain

  Believe, Thinking, Talking

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I know Donald's [Trump] very praiseworthy of Vladimir Putin, but Putin is playing a really tough, long game here. And one of the things he's done is to let loose cyber attackers to hack into government files, to hack into personal files, hack into the Democratic National Committee. And we recently have learned that, you know, that this is one of their preferred methods of trying to wreak havoc and collect information.

  Hillary Clinton

  Government, Games, Long

  Source: time.com

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• Vladimir Putin is a dictator.

  Tim Kaine

  Dictator

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Donald Trump can say hey, did she [Hillary Clinton] short-circuit when she reset the relationship with Vladimir Putin and now Russia is, according to "The New York Times" article today, Russia is in control in Syria?

  Rudy Giuliani

  New York, Russia, Hey

  "'This Week' Transcript: Rudy Giuliani and Michael Morell". abcnews.go.com. August 7, 2016.

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• I sing My Way, I say this to the whole country, "Well, the President of Estonia sent me a message." He heard about it because of what's happening in Russia right now and the power grab that [Vladimir] Putin has.

  Robert Davi

  Country, Russia, President

  "INTERVIEW: Actor Robert Davi On His Frank Sinatra Tribute, His Hamptons Roots, "Davi’s Way" And More". Interview with Nicole Barylski, www.hamptons.com. October 5, 2016.

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• I've stood up to Russia. I've taken on Putin and others, and I would do that as president.

  Hillary Clinton

  Taken, Russia, President

  Hillary Clinton's speech at the second 2016 Trump-Clinton presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, www.nytimes.com. October 9, 2016.

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• I recently interviewed Bernie Ecclestone in London. He had a go at women, said [Vladimir] Putin should be running Europe and so on. He enjoys it - he's been doing it for such a long time. He has an entrenched position. The truth be known, he is unique, right?

  Martin Sorrell

  Running, Unique, Europe

  Source: www.formula1.com

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• I was so shocked when Donald Trump publicly invited Putin to hack into Americans. That is just unacceptable.

  Hillary Clinton

  Trump, Invited, Hacks

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I think Putin wants to recreate as much of the Soviet Union as he can through a variety of different means. He's invaded parts of Georgia, took Crimea, southeastern Ukraine, bases in other countries.

  David Petraeus

  Country, Mean, Thinking

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Over the weekend, Vladimir Putin scored eight goals during a hockey game. It happened just after he had the goalie executed.

  Conan O'Brien

  Hockey, Weekend, Games

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• We know that Russian intelligence services, which is part of the Russian government which is under the firm control of Vladimir Putin, hacked into the DNC. And we know that he arranged for a lot of those emails to be released.

  Hillary Clinton

  Government, Intelligence Services, Email

  "Hillary Clinton on tight race, accusations against Trump". www.foxnews.com. July 31, 2016.

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• 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.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Strong, Mean

  Source: time.com

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• Vladimir Putin is a dictator. He's not a leader. Anybody who thinks otherwise doesn't know Russian history and they don't know Vladimir Putin.

  Tim Kaine

  Thinking, Leader, Russian History

  Source: www.politico.com

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

  Donald Trump

  Should, Should I

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Putin needed an enemy, an Other, against which to mobilize. LGBT people are really convenient: we're sort of the ultimate foreign agent.

  Masha Gessen

  People, Enemy, Agents

  "Masha Gessen: Propaganda On Russia's Own Shrinking Public Acceptance Space To Talk Of Reality". Interview with Meara Sharma, www.guernicamag.com. February 3, 2014.

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• I'm not going to Russia and tell them to go to hell and think - that's not the way things are done. You chip away at something and you hope that there will be dialogue and that the situation can get better. You don't just go in there with guns blazing and say well, to hell with you because they're going to say to hell with you and get out of the country.

  Elton John

  Country, Gun, Russia

  "A More Reflective Leap On Elton John's 'Diving Board'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 23, 2013.

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• It's one of the reasons [Vladimir Putin invitation to U.S] why 50 national security officials who served in Republican information - in administrations have said that Donald [Trump] is unfit to be the commander- in-chief. It's comments like that that really worry people who understand the threats that we face.

  Hillary Clinton

  People, Worry, Information

  Source: time.com

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• Let me speak to you as someone who is a republican, like Stuart Stevens who worked for Romney, right? He said if Barack Obama in '08 had said, oh, you know, [Vladimir] Putin is better than George W. Bush as a leader, he said republicans would have said Obama, get out of the race. You're a disgrace to the American people.

  Eric Bolling

  Race, People, Leader

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Six percent, 5 percent of our GDP for him [Vladimir Putin] to match us, he has to spend 25 percent of his GDP and it will bankrupt his country.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Country, Gdp, Six

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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