They say that Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a homosexual. Truth be told, we don't love him because of that, but he was a great musician, and we all love his music. So what? I assure you that I work with these people. I sometimes award them with state prizes or decorations for their achievements in various fields. We have absolutely normal relations, and I don't see anything out of the ordinary here.

Vladimir Putin

People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves.

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democracy teaching people

You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.

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politeness weapons can-do

It's better to be hanged for loyalty than be rewarded for betrayal.

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betrayal loyalty

It's better not to argue with women.

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arguing

Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right.

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lonely sometimes order

Europeans are dying out. Don't you understand that? And same-sex marriages don't produce children. Do you want to survive by drawing migrants? But society cannot adapt so many migrants.

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drawing children sex

Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves.

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clean corruption fighting

I think every person should have some faith inside him, in his heart. What matters is not an external display of this faith, but the inner state of the soul.

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what-matters heart thinking

I don’t regret anything. I did everything absolutely correctly.

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dont-regret-anything dont-regret regret

Hitler wanted to destroy Russia- everyone needs to remember how that ended

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russia remember needs

If you are a Christian, you are in danger. If you decided to abandon your faith and become an atheist, you also are to be liquidated according to their concept. You are in danger if you decide to become a Muslim. It is not going to save you anyway because they believe traditional Islam is hostile to their goals.

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atheist christian religion

We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.

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different blessing forget

A country in which the people are not healthy physically and psychologically, are poorly educated and illiterate, will never rise to the peaks of world civilization.

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civilization country people

We will not allow the past to drag us down and stop us from moving ahead. We understand where we should move.

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down-and past moving

Maybe they have nothing else to do in America but to talk about me.

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america

Everything will probably never be Ok. But we have to try for it.

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trying

A happy love needs to be reciprocated.

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happy-love needs

Whoever is the first to cry "Stop the thief" is the one who is guilty.

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thieves cry firsts

Even if we do not always agree on every aspect, nobody should take this as an excuse to declare us as enemies.

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aspect excuse enemy

Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen.

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russia military should-have