Madeleine Albright: “The time is right to revive that sense of solidarity.”

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.

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

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.

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.