Madeleine Albright: “It has alienated our friends, emboldened our adversaries, and cozied up to strongmen and dictators.”

The time is right to revive that sense of solidarity.

Building and sustaining democracy should be a first principle, not an afterthought, in U.S. foreign and national security policy.

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.

I have always been a grateful American, and I was taught by my father to appreciate both the fragility of democracy and its resilience.