Vladimir Putin Quotes

It is only up to the Syrian people living in Syria to determine who, how and based on what principles should rule their country, and any external advice would be absolutely inappropriate, harmful and against international law.

The issues of political nature should be solved in any country, including in Syria, primarily by its people.

Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect.

We always say we have wishful thinking that the Unites States would be unbiased, respect the international law, doesn't interfere in other countries around the world, and of course to stop supporting terrorists in Syria.

Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.

Russia should recognize the freedom of countries, such as Ukraine, to choose their alliances.

Nobody thinks identically on Syria. But we share the same view with Russia that the future of the personalities in Syria will be determined by the people of Syria and not by people outside Syria.

On one hand, it is very important that democracy and human rights be defended across borders. But it is also very important to respect the right of each country to choose its own path.

Nations are at liberty to use their own resources in such manner, and to apply them to such purposes as they may deem best, provided they do not violate the perfect rights of other nations, nor endanger their safety, nor infringe the indispensable duties of humanity

The Congress calls on the Provisional Government to carry out resolutely and systematically the democratic platform which has been adopted, and in particular :. To strive persistently for the earliest conclusion of a general peace without annexation, indemnity, and on the basis of self-determination;…

Nationalism, democracy, and people's livelihood.

… every nation, when able and agreed, has a right to set up over themselves any form of government which to them may appear most conducive to their common welfare.

Any nation's right to form a government and an economic system of its own choosing is inalienable.... Any nation's attempt to dictate to other nations their form of government is indefensible.

We believe in freedom, freedom for the people of each country to follow their destiny without external interference.

You cannot force a country to do something that is against its own interests or against the democratic process.

I believe that sovereignty is the twin sister of democracy. If there's no sovereignty, there's no democracy.

Every country has the right to own its own sovereignty.

We are fully free, not partially, fully free, in everything related to the future of Syria.

It is totally unacceptable for a government to interfere in the internal affairs of another government and send aid, money, and weapons, to the people who are against a certain regime in another country.

If there is any change regarding that hope, we should ask the Syrian people, not anyone else in the world.

The sovereign people have declared they want to take back the reins of their Destiny.

We cannot decide for the American people.

People have the right to come and choose their own political solutions.

It is not our place to decide who should lead the Iraqi people. If Saddam [Hussein] leaves or has to be forced out of power and a new regime brought in, a new leadership brought in, I am confident it will be some combination of people inside the country and outside the country.

The values that we talked about, the values democracy and free speech and international norms and rule of law, respecting the ability of other countries to determine their own destiny and preserve their sovereignty and territorial integrity. Things are not something that we can set aside.