Madeleine Albright: “I think he wanted the right thing for America, I think he was a genuine patriot.”

We need to make clear that we need to be back, and really do need to make clear in so many ways that we are a leader in restoring and building democracy in other countries.

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.

When it comes to holding fair elections, there is no comparison: denial of the franchise, not deception at the polls, is by far the bigger problem.

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.