Vladimir Putin Quotes
We cannot decide for the American people.
Putin, Vladimir. "Interview to Bloomberg." President of Russia, 5 Sept. 2016.
In Philadelphia, the state delegates had just started to vote for independence. The majority of each state delegation determined the vote for the state. Delaware had three delagates, but only two were in Philadelphia. Rodney, the third delegate from Delaware, had been attending a meeting in Dover when he received word that the other two Delaware delagates Thomas McKean and George Read were split—McKean for and Read against independence. Rodney immediately left for Philadelphia late on July 1. He rode all night in a thunderstorm to traverse the 80 miles to Philadelphia. He arrived in his spurs and riding boots and cast his famous vote and thus Delaware voted for Independence. After the vote, the next 2 days were spent drafting the Declaration of Independence and Rodney signed it on July 4. After Rodney returned to Delaware, he was ousted in the next election by conservative loyalists who felt that Rodney had betrayed them and England.
The Muslim Brotherhood which had been elected after the Arab Sprint deposition of President Mubarak, had then begun to institute their own religious philosophy into what was becoming a theocratic government. Rights of Christians, and other non-Muslims as well as moderate Muslims, together with women, democrats and advocates for human rights and freedom were trampled. 30 million people demonstrated in the streets and the nation was about to have a civil war when the military, under el-Sisi, deposed the Muslim Brotherhood government. When the Brotherhood took to the streets, many with weapons, there was a clash where almost 1000 Brothers were killed as were almost 100 police. The general was addressing the Egyptians and the rest of the world explaining the reason for breaking up the demonstrations.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is serving as the current president of Russia since 2012, previously being in the office from 1999 until 2008. He was also prime minister from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. As of 2021, Putin is the second-longest serving European president, after Alexander Lukashenko.
