Vladimir Putin, Russia’s President, is without a doubt one of the world’s most powerful leaders. Because of his strong and aggressive leadership, he has received international attention as well as domestic approval. Putin was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 2007, and he was named No. 1 in Time 100, Time magazine’s list of the top 100 most influential people in the world, in 2015.
While many criticise Putin and accuse him of being authoritarian, his consistent electoral victories demonstrate the enormous popularity he enjoys among Russians. Furthermore, he is credited with the Russian economy’s recent phenomenal growth.
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Here are a few of Vladimir Putin’s most famous quotes:
- I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. I collect emotions. I am wealthy in that the people of Russia have twice entrusted me with the leadership of a great nation such as Russia – I believe that is my greatest wealth.
- Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms.
- Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen.
- Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen.
- 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.
- One has to be insincere and promise something which you cannot fulfill. So you either have to be a fool who does not understand what you are promising, or deliberately be lying.
- The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner’s legitimate interests.
- 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.
