Garry Kasparov Quotes

We've been saying Putin is a dictator for years who doesn't care about the law.

Russia is an Evil Empire.

Mr. Putin presents himself as a czar - and like any czar, he fears revolution above all else.

Vladimir Putin is a dictator. He's not a leader. Anybody who thinks otherwise doesn't know Russian history and they don't know Vladimir Putin. Hillary Clinton knows exactly who this guy is. John McCain said, I look in his eyes and I see KGB. And Hillary kind of has that same feeling.

I believe in benevolent dictatorships, provided I am the dictator.

I will never abuse power if elected.... This country [Russia] can never again fall under the influence of a dictator.

Looking back now, I realise why, as prime minister of Malaysia, I was described as a dictator. There were many things I did which were typically dictatorial.

As colonial puppeteer and successful restorer of Russia as imperial superpower, Mr. Putin is Stalin's consummate heir.

I'm not a big fan of Putin. I'm not a big fan of Russia.

Mobutu does not think he is God.

Vladimir Putin is a dictator.

I looked into Mr. Putin's eyes, and I saw three letters, a "K," a "G," and a "B."

It is extreme arrogance for one to think he...and it's usually he, is the only one who can govern his country and nobody else can do it.

I ALWAYS LIKED MR STALIN.

Russia - having sat across the table from Vladimir Putin, it's pretty clear when you meet him that he has an almost limitless ambition for power. And he's been very good at acquiring it - political power, economic power, military power, territorial power.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.

Red is a benevolent dictatorship.

Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent.

I think we have very steady records of President Putin, who inherited the country with democratic values.

It has been claimed at times that our modern age of technology facilitates dictatorship.

Stalin's policies pushed the world into the Cold War. Putin has the potential to be equally as dangerous.

Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.

Hard men present hard choices - none more so than Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia.

When I look at Ukraine, Putin, an ex KGB officer is using the playbook of the Cold War. He isn't going to try and grab the western part; he's going to maximize his influence, the way we would have done in Chile. That is buying political power, getting agents, influencing the propaganda piece, and increasing intimidation for the east. It's a classic playbook.

Within the Russian system, everything depends on the character of those few who hold full power in their hands. The position of the individual within present-day Russia has been described as follows: far-reaching economic security by sacrificing personal liberty.