Madeleine Albright: “He has played a weak hand very well, and we have played a strong hand poorly.”

You cannot impose democracy. That is an oxymoron.

When it comes to holding fair elections, there is no comparison: denial of the franchise, not deception at the polls, is by far the bigger problem.

I don't think it's a western concept that we're too pushy about. I don't believe you can ever be too pushy about democracy.

I do think that a new Administration does have a chance to really examine the relationship, and not be kind of, you know, rose-colored glasses about it.