More from Vladimir Putin
- Responding to Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin, who called himself a former KGB officer. (May 6, 2000)
- Putin Retains Soviet Discipline While Steering Toward Reform (20 February 2000)
- A plea for caution from Russia, The New York Times, (12 September 2013) / Also published in the Guardian (12 September 2013)
More about war and peace
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Letter to William Stephens Smith (13 November 1787). Manuscript at the Library of Congress.The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.



