Before any American points a finger at President Putin and calls him nasty names, they should recognize that a lot of Americans agree with Putin on his stance against homosexual and transgender people.
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Related The only successor to President Putin is President Putin himself and we could of course dream about ... GARRY KASPAROV As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine. GERHARD SCHRODER I will never let you know how much you hurt me No, I will never tell you The lasts few m... HENRY ROLLINS When Mitt Romney talked about Putin expanding his sphere of influence, Obama mocked and said, 'T... TED CRUZ It is not hard to see why Trump might choose Putin as his fantasy friend. Putin is the real-world ve... TIMOTHY D. SNYDER Putin has put Russia on a path to be a world power with global influence. JACK KEANE The president, just as any other American, deserves a legal defense against personal lawsuits not re... BEN CAMPBELL The president, just as any other American, deserves a legal defense against personal lawsuits not re... BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL The president, just as any other American, deserves a legal defense against personal lawsuits not re... 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He may be the finest artist among American writers since William Faulkner and ... HAROLD BLOOM Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a gross violation of that nation's sovereignty and a... RAND PAUL You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS For Mr. Putin, vacillation invites aggression. His world is a brutish, cynical place, where power is... JOHN MCCAIN I said to him, 'You know, I found that story very interesting. You see, President Putin, I think you... A. BUSH Putin has a lot at stake here and restoring the relationship with the United States, and there are a... FRANK CARLUCCI I'm not a big fan of Putin. I'm not a big fan of Russia. DAN COATS Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for... GARRY KASPAROV The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' interna... SHERROD BROWN I think when the president of the United States calls for military action, he should do it for a uni... HENRY KISSINGER President Obama took charge of the Oval Office seven years ago. He promised a positive reset in rela... JOHN MCLAUGHLIN The United States must look beyond Mr. Putin. His regime may appear imposing, but it is rotting insi... JOHN MCCAIN Russia continues to side with... rogue states and terrorist organizations, following Vladimir Putin&... MIKE POMPEO Putin must be punished for violating the Budapest Memorandum, and Russia must learn that the U.S. wi... RAND PAUL Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books. ORSON SCOTT CARD My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son H... JOHN MELLENCAMP The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard... NANETTE L. AVERY Argentina policymakers have to recognize that fact. They should agree to disagree and concentrate on... HOWARD PEARCE They had a banner with names of people who scored 1,000 points. I never imagined that I would be doi... ALAINA HARTMAN Putin himself is a character out of fiction, an uber-macho former Soviet thug running a massive, exp... BEN SHAPIRO It appeared to Harriet that she was always the one who remembered having seen other people. They nev... ELIZABETH TAYLOR Yeah I have an attitude. You weren't subjected to what I was subjected to, so don't try to tell me h... STEVEN BLUSH Put together that letter and the commander's recent actions and statements against the government, h... JALE BABA We have Americans, Latin, African-American, Jamaican. We have a little bit of everything. There's a ... HECTOR MORENO The president calls on the leaders of both parties to start putting the safety of the American peopl... SCOTT MCCLELLAN Henry closed his eyes and imagined the sweet petulant woundedness with which she had stared at him o... ANNA GODBERSEN I can understand his frustration. He's made his presentation, he's talked to a lot of these people i... BEN SCIORTINO I have respect for Senator McCain. I used to like him a lot. I supported him. I raised a lot of mone... DONALD TRUMP I didn't agree with a lot of the officials' calls, but I'm not wearing a striped shirt. CALVIN SAUNDERS Trump has long been a fan of Vladimir Putin but seems to be unaware that Russia's goal in Syria ... PETER L. BERGEN Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are... LESLIE FIEDLER The American people have the right to protest, and the president welcomes the opinions of all Americ... BLAIR JONES President-elect Donald Trump has a host of national security challenges to deal with as he assumes o... PETER L. BERGEN By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes. E.M. FORSTER The refs don't like Dylan, he got a lot of bad calls against him. BILLY GERIS Mr. Obama said that he personally told Mr. Putin to knock it off and vows to retaliate. But the Obam... JOHN DICKERSON Americans believe that people should work hard and get ahead on their own, but when disaster strikes... JACOB HACKER Our potential adversaries are watching us, and they have seen what has happened to us... This is why... CHRIS GIBSON Putin stands for the opposite of a universal ideology; he has become an arch-nationalist of a pre-Co... GEORGE PACKER I think the American people obviously re-elected him. That doesn't mean they agree with all of his p... CARL LEVIN Vladimir Putin was awarded an advanced degree by the St. Petersburg Mining Institute with the help o... EVAN OSNOS Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies ne... PATRICK NESS who recognize the importance of sharing the American dream with people who didn't have it before. KEN MEHLMAN Putin is sometimes described as a revanchist, seeking to recreate the Soviet Union. That is a useful... ROBERT ZUBRIN Your going to come across a lot of shitty bands, and a lot of shitty people. And if anyone of those ... GERARD WAY We've been saying Putin is a dictator for years who doesn't care about the law. GARRY KASPAROV She made a fence of phrases, which seemed a treachery to herself. ELIZABETH TAYLOR You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The big story of 2013, a very distressing year, is that Americans continue not to be able to find th... MITT ROMNEY To the degree that we can demonstrate support for the Ukrainian government, we can change Putin'... MIKE POMPEO He rejects the New World Order established at the Cold War's end by the United States. Putin put... PAT BUCHANAN Mikheil Saakashvili can claim that 80 per cent of Georgians wanted to join NATO; on the other hand, ... ALISTAIR HORNE Homosexual people should be entitled to the same rights as any citizen of the People's Republic of C... LI YINHE When a lot of voices, make up a noise, the man who is silent represents a voice. APURVA GAGLANI He was scoring a lot of points, and they were looking to him to score more points. FRANK SCIOLLA Wishful thinking won't make the Palestinians an Israeli peace partner, no matter how much Presid... 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HENRY ROLLINS If you think about it, every single species is endangered. Homo sapiens at the front of the line, mo... HENRY ROLLINS We are misery-making machines! Homo sapiens has perfected the art of causing suffering. Pain is huma... HENRY ROLLINS Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very act... HENRY ROLLINS I believe that today more than ever a book should be sought after even if it has only one great page... HENRY ROLLINS It's easy for me to play bad guys because it's a very linear acting. Bad guys aren't emp... HENRY ROLLINS If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper an... HENRY ROLLINS There's no such thing as an ex-junkie. HENRY ROLLINS 'Duck Dynasty' is a ridiculous show, and long may it wave. America and democracy will endure... HENRY ROLLINS Life is full of choices, if you have the guts to go for it. That's why I get immediately bored with ... HENRY ROLLINS