Madeleine Albright: “NATO is, above all, an alliance of democracies; public discussion is a key attribute of democracy.”

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.

There is a movement on the other side. There is kind of rising nationalism in a number of different countries.

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