Line #15 Quotes/VladimirPutin


1	!!!By Putin
2	-> ''"Whether you like it or not, my pretty, you will have to put up with it."''
3	-->-- Indirectly addressing the Ukrainian government days before the 2022 invasion, paraphrasing lyrics from ''Sleeping Beauty In A Coffin'' by ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasnaya_Plesen Krasnaya Plesen]]''[[note]]''"Sleeping beauty [[ILoveTheDead in a coffin]], I crept up and fucked her. [[BlackComedyRape Like it, or dislike it, sleep my beauty]]."''[[/note]]
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5	->''"Give me twenty years, and you will not recognize Russia."''
6	-->-- echoing Piotr Stolypin, Prime Minister to Tsar Nicholas II
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8	->'''A questioner''': Who rules Russia when you and the President sleep?\
9	'''Putin''': [[AlwaysOnDuty We take turns sleeping.]]
10	-->-- From a live television call-in show in 2010
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12	->'''Larry King''': What happened to the submarine RFS Kursk?\
13	'''Putin''': [[DeadpanSnarker It sank.]]
14	-->-- From Larry King's show in 2009
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16	->''"There is no such thing as [[ResignationsNotAccepted a 'former' KGB agent.]]"''
17	-->-- '''Putin''', in response to Sergei Stepashin calling himself "a former KGB officer"
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19	->''"I ''am'' the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. [[BastardlySpeech 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."''
20	-->-- '''Putin''' on his (un)reported net worth
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22	->''"It's clear that from 1924 to 1953, the country led by [[UsefulNotes/JosephStalin Stalin]] changed fundamentally... industrialization certainly did take place. We won the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo Great Patriotic War]]. And whatever anyone may say, victory was achieved. Even when we consider the losses, no one now can throw stones at those who planned and led this victory."''
23	-->- -On the legacy of Joseph Stalin
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25	->''"[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu I treat all otherworldly powers with disdain.]] [[RealMenLoveJesus If one wishes to find truth, one would better read the Bible, the Talmud or the Quran - these are much more helpful.]]"''
26	-->-- '''Putin''', [[TheComicallySerious in response]] to an anonymous Internet user [[http://www.aif.ru/politics/russia/42760 asking him]] about his opinion on the [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Awakening of Cthulhu]].
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28	->''"[[TheComicallySerious Perhaps we will have mechas one day.]]"''
29	-->-- '''Putin''', in response to an anonymous Internet user [[http://www.aif.ru/politics/russia/42760 asking him]] about his opinion on the usage of mechas in the Russian Border Guard.
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31	->''"And today the "grateful progeny" has overturned monuments to Lenin in Ukraine. They call it de-communization. You want de-communization? Very well, this suits us just fine. But why stop halfway? [[ImpliedDeathThreat We are ready to show what real de-communizations would mean for Ukraine.]]"''
32	-->-- '''Putin''', explaining his view of the history of Ukraine.
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35	->''"Fifty years ago, Leningrad's streets have already taught me one rule. If a fight is imminent, you need to strike first."''
36	-->-- '''Putin''', on Russia's actions in Syria.
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38	!!!On Putin
39	->''"I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy."''
40	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush'''
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42	->''"I looked into his eyes and saw three letters: a [[UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre 'K', a 'G', and a 'B']]."''
43	-->-- '''John [=McCain=]'''
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45	->''"As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border."''
46	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/SarahPalin'''
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48	->''"Putin is slouching; looking like that bored schoolboy in the back of the classroom."''
49	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/BarackObama'''
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51	->''"In the new war of beliefs, Putin is saying, it is Russia that is on God’s side. The West is Gomorrah."''
52	-->-- '''Pat Buchanan'''
53
54	->''"The clock has moved back to the [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar 1980s.]]"''
55	-->-- '''Alexander Lebedev''' on U.S.-Russian relations under Putin
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57	->''"The imperial horn has been sounded. But we are [[{{Ruritania}} a Third World kleptocracy]] [[PaperTiger hiding behind imperial symbols.]] [[VestigialEmpire There are no resources for a true imperial revival.]]"''
58	-->-- Columnist '''Stanislav Belkovsky'''
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60	->''"He'd come a long way from the painfully awkward gray FSB officer on Larry King, a year into his tenure. He had grown to become the master of public speaking... Here was an authoritarian dancing uncomfortably in his new dictator shoes, squirming in his throne."''
61	-->--' ''[[http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116852/merkel-was-right-putins-lost-his-mind-press-conference Julia Ioffe]]''', "Putin's Press Conference Proved Merkel Right: He's Nuts"

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