Madeleine Albright: “I have been troubled by that, because emergency decrees are sometimes used for the wrong purposes in order to exacerbate…”

The problem with a 'pale, male, and Yale' State Department is that it is a direct affront to the American values of democracy, opportunity and, yes, diversity.

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

Like other authoritarians, he equates his well-being with that of the nation, opposition with treason. Because he believes that the U.S. dominates its own region by force, he thinks Russia has the same right.

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.