Madeleine Albright: “Even a score of 99 out of 100 is a failing grade.”

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.

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.

Corruption is the cancer of democracy, and I think it is something that has to be worked on very actively.