Vladimir Putin Quotes

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.

As a member of Congress, I'm often reminded that in baseball, as in diplomacy, you have to know when to hit, when to run, and when to show grace.

Pro football gave me a good perspective. When I entered the political arena, I had already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded, and hung in effigy.

War is too serious a matter to be entrusted to generals.

Whoever said “Keep your enemies close” didn’t have many enemies.

Politics is the art of making wha appearts to be impossible possible.

Lincoln was a supreme politician. He understood politics because he understood human nature.

If you're a politician, you can see there might be times when, to secure the greater good, you have to take a backwards step. That is a matter of tactics.

Politics is about the art of the possible.

I think I would have a very, very good relationship with Putin. And I think I would have a very, very good relationship with Russia.

If Donald Trump thinks that just by being unpredictable that somehow he can have an impact, but not necessarily commit himself to certain things, that's not the way it is going to be read in foreign capitals. Foreign governments are going to take these things very literally and very directly.

I'd rather work with a grassroots organization than in politics. I'm not sure I'd be the best politician because I don't think I'm good about tactfully tiptoeing around questions in the right way.

War is like government, a matter of tact.

Mr. Vice President, I know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground, but I think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other.

(I)t is simply wrong to confuse cowardice with appeasement. Cowardice is a failing of character. Appeasement is a failure of policy. Stalin appeased Hitler when he signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Stalin was an evil character, to be sure. But cowardice really isn't the first word that comes to mind when thinking of Stalin ' that word is “sexy.” I'm kidding, I'm kidding.

There's symbolism in politics. There's communication in politics. And I think what Donald Trump is saying is, give me the job, and when I get to that job I will figure it out.

John Kerry knows more about more subjects than an awful lot of people. But I think it's a very hard job [Secretary of State].

Hillary Clinton knows how to sit down at a table and negotiate tough deals.

I think Trump's attention span is super low. I don't think he has the expertise to actually run a foreign policy.

Politics really is a team sport. You really have to work the whole system to get somewhere down the road.

Do you think George Bush actually knows who Gordon Brown is? He probably just thinks Tony Blair's put on weight and had a mild stroke.

I think there are a number of little Ribbentrops running around. But Molotov hasn't found a good enough deal yet.

A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.

I think I'd have a good relationship with Putin. Who knows? He's been a leader far more than Barack Obama has been a leader.

If Hitler invaded Hell, I'd find something nice to say about the Devil himself.