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

Putin is small and pale, so cold as to be almost reptilian, embarrassed by what happened to his country and determined to restore its greatness.

The failure to pay our old U.N. bills undermines our ability to recruit allies with the kind of structural reform that Congress demands.

I have not found that being a woman is a handicap. In fact, I've found it a terrific gender to be.

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.